Bhutanese Refugees: A Threat to Nepalese regarding HBV Infection

Background: The carrier rate of Hepatitis B surface antigen is 6% in Bhutan and 1% in Nepal as per World Health Organization 1997 report. Since outbreaks of viral hepatitis are also known, its high prevalence in a migrated community if any may be a potential threat to the rest of the local people. S...

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Main Authors:	Shah, BK, Bhattacharya, SL
Format:	Technical Report
Language:	en_US
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Bhutanese refugees carrier rate hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) hepatitis B virus (HBV)
Online Access:	http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/55
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spelling	oai:103.69.126.140:123456789-552022-11-08T10:29:21Z Bhutanese Refugees: A Threat to Nepalese regarding HBV Infection Communicable/Infectious diseases Shah, BK Bhattacharya, SL Bhutanese refugees carrier rate hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) hepatitis B virus (HBV) Background: The carrier rate of Hepatitis B surface antigen is 6% in Bhutan and 1% in Nepal as per World Health Organization 1997 report. Since outbreaks of viral hepatitis are also known, its high prevalence in a migrated community if any may be a potential threat to the rest of the local people. So this study was carried out on Bhutanese refugees living in refugee camps located in Eastern region of Nepal to find out the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate among them. Methods: This prospective sero-epidemiological study was carried out in Beldangl II camp. With the help of semi-structured questionnaire, 500 volunteers enrolled, were interviewed for the risk factors for Hepatitis B virus transmission. Blood samples of 467 samples were tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen by immunoassay based on immunochromatographic sandwich principle. Results: Out of 467 samples, 4 were positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen, an incidence of 0.85%. Conclusions: Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate was found to be low in Bhutanese refugees. It was also found that they were not engaged in any practice that could increase the chances of Hepatitis B virus transmission. Thus, this study shows that, the refugees are not a threat to the local people as far as Hepatitis B virus transmission is concerned. Keywords: Bhutanese refugees; carrier rate; hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg); hepatitis B virus (HBV). 2016-10-27T07:08:34Z 2022-11-08T10:10:08Z 2016-10-27T07:08:34Z 2022-11-08T10:10:08Z 1998 Technical Report http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/55 en_US application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
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description	Background: The carrier rate of Hepatitis B surface antigen is 6% in Bhutan and 1% in Nepal as per World Health Organization 1997 report. Since outbreaks of viral hepatitis are also known, its high prevalence in a migrated community if any may be a potential threat to the rest of the local people. So this study was carried out on Bhutanese refugees living in refugee camps located in Eastern region of Nepal to find out the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate among them. Methods: This prospective sero-epidemiological study was carried out in Beldangl II camp. With the help of semi-structured questionnaire, 500 volunteers enrolled, were interviewed for the risk factors for Hepatitis B virus transmission. Blood samples of 467 samples were tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen by immunoassay based on immunochromatographic sandwich principle. Results: Out of 467 samples, 4 were positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen, an incidence of 0.85%. Conclusions: Hepatitis B surface antigen carrier rate was found to be low in Bhutanese refugees. It was also found that they were not engaged in any practice that could increase the chances of Hepatitis B virus transmission. Thus, this study shows that, the refugees are not a threat to the local people as far as Hepatitis B virus transmission is concerned. Keywords: Bhutanese refugees; carrier rate; hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg); hepatitis B virus (HBV).
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title	Bhutanese Refugees: A Threat to Nepalese regarding HBV Infection
title_short	Bhutanese Refugees: A Threat to Nepalese regarding HBV Infection
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