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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri FakültesiBackground/aims: In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen positivity and antibodies against Brucella in rural and urban areas of Bolu province of Turkey.
Methods: A total of 5,234 people were screened from the urban and rural regions (4084 versus 1150, respectively). All sera were evaluated for HBsAg and Brucella antibody. Results: HBsAg, rose bengal and serum tube agglutination positivity were found to be 2.85%, 1.0%, 0.46%, respectively, in the urban area, versus 2.6%, 1.7%, 1.1%, respectively, in rural areas (P>0.05). Conclusions: HBsAg seropositivity in Bolu is lower than in many other centers in Turkey. Brucella prevalence is 1%, which is higher than that in the Ministry of Health records. This shows that the recording system in our country is not very efficient. Similar studies should be carried out in different regions of our country to determine the actual values, which requires the cooperation of scientific foundations and the Ministry of Health.
Key words: Hepatitis B, Brucella, epidemiology,seroprevalence, urban, rural
Ağustos 06, 2021