Médecine et Santé Tropicales
MENUPrévalence du portage de l’antigène HBs dans une population de recrues de la gendarmerie nationale de Côte d’Ivoire en 2008 Volume 22, numéro 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2012
Auteurs
Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Service de médecine interne, CHU de Bouaké
Côte d’Ivoire
- Mots-clés : HBsAg, prevalence, Gendarmerie, recruits, Ivory Coast
- DOI : 10.1684/mst.2012.0036
- Page(s) : 219-20
- Année de parution : 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBsAg carriage in Ivorian gendarmerie recruits in 2008. This prevalence was 15.6%. It was highest in recruits aged 18 years (24%), in those who were married (33.3%) and in those who had had more than three sexual partners in the 6 months before the survey (19.4%). It was also higher in recruits who had never used condoms (20.6%) and in those who had undergone blood transfusions (27%). A policy of vaccination against HBV in the army, in teenagers and adults must be implemented to reduce HBsAg carriage in the army and in the Ivorian population.