Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6, February 2005

Hepatitis B infection among Asian American Pacific Islanders in the Rocky Mountain area

  • HaeOk Lee, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 303 315 4298; fax: +1 303 315 8660.
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  • Ivy Hontz, MA

      Affiliations

    • Asian Pacific Development Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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  • Amy Warner, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO 80222, USA
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  • Sugie J. Park, PharmDc, RPH

      Affiliations

    • Rocky Mountain Korean Lions Club, International Lions Club, Denver, CO 80210, USA

Received 10 October 2003; received in revised form 10 March 2004; accepted 2 April 2004.

Abstract 

To detect the rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), data on hepatitis B antigens and antibodies were collected as part of a community health fair. Two hundred seventy adults received free hepatitis B screening. The serological results of 82 Whites showed that 1.2% were positive for serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 21% were positive for serum hepatitis B antibody (HBAb). Of 161 AAPIs, 4.3% were positive for serum HBsAg and 60% were positive for HBAb. Despite the limitation of design, these data provide some insight on the rate of HBV infection in AAPIs because there are no data on prevalence of HBV infection of AAPIs in the Rocky Mountain Area.

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PII: S0897-1897(04)00085-0

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2004.04.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6, February 2005

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