Vera S Kichatova, Maria A Lopatukhina, Ilya A Potemkin, Fedor A Asadi Mobarkhan, Olga V Isaeva, Mikhail D Chanyshev, Albina G Glushenko, Kamil F Khafizov, Tatyana D Rumyantseva, Sergey I Semenov, Karen K Kyuregyan, Vasiliy G Akimkin, Mikhail I Mikhailov
The indigenous populations of the Arctic regions of Russia experience the lowest coverage of health-related services. We assessed the prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses (HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV and HEV) among 367 healthy adult Native people of the Arctic zone of Yakutia. The HAV seroprevalence was above and increased with age. The anti-HEV IgM and IgG antibody detection rates were 4.1% and 2.5%, respectively. The average HBsAg detection rate was 4.6%, with no positive cases identified in participants aged under 30 years, confirming the effectiveness of the newborn vaccination program that began in 1998...
February 25, 2024: Microorganisms