A case-control study of risk factors for incident hepatitis B virus infection in South African blood donors

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OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global health problem. Risk factors for HBV infection are usually assessed in prevalent rather than incident infections. To identify demographic and behavioral risks associated with incident HBV among South African blood donors.

METHODS: A case-control study was performed between November 2014 and January 2018. Cases were blood donors testing positive for HBV DNA with or without hepatitis B surface antigen but negative for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. Participants completed an audio computer-assisted structured interview on exposures during the previous 6 months. Sex-specific multivariable logistic regression yielded independent associations between risks and HBV infection.

RESULTS: 56 females and 37 males with incident HBV were compared to 438 female and 439 male controls, respectively. For females, risk factors were accepting money or goods for sex, using agents to prepare one's anus prior to anal sex, penetrating injury, non-Black race, and lower educational status. Men reporting homosexual or bisexual orientation or sex with other men, previous injury, referral for HBV testing, or lack of medical insurance were at increased risk. For both sexes, having more than two male sexual partners increased risk.

CONCLUSIONS: Sexual behaviors predominated over parenteral exposures as risks for incident HBV in both female and male blood donors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:141

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 141(2024) vom: 25. Apr., Seite 106958

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jentsch, Ute [VerfasserIn]
Vermeulen, Marion [VerfasserIn]
van den Berg, Karin [VerfasserIn]
Swanevelder, Ronél [VerfasserIn]
Creel, Darryl [VerfasserIn]
Jacobs, Genevieve [VerfasserIn]
Hemingway-Foday, Jennifer Jay [VerfasserIn]
Nyoni, Cynthia [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Edward L [VerfasserIn]
Custer, Brian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood donors
Hepatitis B Antibodies
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Journal Article
Risk factors
Transfusion

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2024.02.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368637123