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and m t M bp dPb In lkh&N ienla Dbid ppprrlvrl 
# u ~ ~ - t b e k t d ~ ~ m - i c a l ~ c vI r in  c w m .  
cmlmb wcm randomly ~ c k d e dar d Incl~&d apputt fy  
M t l r y  fad  Mtmdar frun the same mrMs. 
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d c e t i nkrmalioa m drmclrpraphic femm md kmm ria 
hdm lor b'aarmlarh ofbcp~titb8 . fbe iael-h crilafrn 
-a working birbryofrt lad 7 we&# at h e! wW,uMle 
he3;~l~mimcrikrWia a k l ~ d b b o d obkrm i- 
Wllslar. W r y o f @hl uler. inIrmm~dm g 
8- a m h b hL njcahm, kpatitis B Lmmhttm 
mofhUaprimtn-tofaorlt at*- 
md c b e c oatnet mJ4- psam I n f d -a t 
# s r o M h mdlmrbjada H B Y i n f r c t i o n l r p s ~ b y  
r m or  Ihe bepatitis B surf- m t m I HBsAg) us@ so 
ELISA Kit (Munun Gewllsebafl fur Biochmmica urd 
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cakahle tkodL ratioradsprslued~0.05rp rrmndbered 
SiJpiliant. 
thy t r a d ~ t m ~ a r ~ o f l & & 1 3 . 8 y ~ s s b uLb~c a r ;  
m a g v r l u e a f m t h em Ws w a e 4 1 . E 1 6 v  and 
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cm@qg Lhc fill- -bra: impraps rrarnd 
honmmmlity, W m mm dW bol mhk ChUe I h 
HBsAg w u d e w in  9.4% of fbe burchcra m u p d  
wih 3.3% ofthwmt,Ir(p =Om&M d e L m k h a r h a d a ~  
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mnlrols tp = 0.04). However, rmonpst the ftmtles, 
rcropaeitivity was only mm in tbt -dm1 g m p  G67'ik W 
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rnlirpmmk rm mest in the 2429 ysx dd me group 
(IO.TA], fd lowd v a y c b d y  by WW39 IlO.B!C)dSb-59 
-d-t--Ymbw.--- year groups {fa)w,h ile ammpt the ccrnhob tbe 
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Mwl rtrdier cm HBV hafedion am- m#eb iCCl risk 
gmpintrqSeptrolmlrier~~Ni&ertd~lelx@laMu& 
and tad to dmw very high prpMLennrs(es am- cmtml 
gmup,"':A  re-ae of9.m obremd io oh slttdy 
was agnifieantly bigha wbea rompared with tbe coot& 
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o m w u a  c a n m u n i l y Md y . R  u r&a#t bor~mrr 
La1 Ibe 9.4%,k& $sthm tfr 84LwKullrrp~puBkdby 
the W d d  Wtb -ration lor HBV h m + n d m d c  
regions. I t  is !kefme l m  W m o ur $My that bukhrn 
conwim~a i&h risk grow aad rrservolrd  H BV Wedpa: 
l h i ~ ~ l p ~ r r L I I h I m b e ~ w b e n L W ~ # ) ~ l  
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m e r n m b ~ o t b e ?  of iddim.  In r W o a ,  
bulebaa may lmmni4 lhe inf~: t i rmto  their rnhmh? 
Pmlous SMes on HBV hfcclim in otha high rhk 
ocruptimal ~ a t p sh wed a bi- prevale~ce o m  
did. A pnvdam cCZ. 7% wrr OMsmom s wgmt' 
3b!. anma docbrs" and 2 17. amrrp H a dd armtcinu rban 
The rdhg of higher ~ ~ e n In dc e sec ap pated 
with femaleis in kpiqg  wiB tbemwlmioa dmwn@Qrui 
et al lhal there i s  a phpidwic mecbaaism tor i n a d  
wltwrability 01 m at o HBV infeCtirn.''fhey also ~Ucmptsd 
tocxplatn thehighcrprwaknrofbqmroccllukuarca~~hiam  
md~"  
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h u d c v b r , m o f k a h w  sad mas daniDatsdth lisl d 
hsk fidm faracq&ltlm ofHBV hfiet iar This nsk lxhvkw 
may explain the higbcrpmhwe of W V i nfmh 
mt krtctlar, II a h ~ llgparbtb ti d i v e  pannw r a w  
may be m i b kfa the s p r d  MHBV W d m i n PBperirr. 
H&th&mtimdWmtionwouldthmpl~ya@apul 
ia pwcding this form of tmsmisrioa. A higber rate of 
infection amlmpt ymng d d t s  m y F enrct grater sexual 
~ ~ t i v ialmy- the youth, %ha r!w k e n  =i n cDIQU 
w$thH IV fnf~ctim.~*AlthougHhI V inktion war mt bled 
kr, this infection may dm arur at r him nte a m ~ Wq  
klchnn ~ r p t r d f a o n p u a r t a r l l ytm mdklfnktiooq 
lnrludlnp~%;hepatltlrCvInadHIVWedimxemt& 
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d t h e s t a ~ a ~ ~ t o I b e ~ d o f t b e s e i n ~ i n I b e  
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