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Prévalence 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

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Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Service de médecine interne, CHU de Bouaké Côte d’Ivoire

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.