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Table 1 Hepatitis A virus markers among individuals from Amerindians tribes and urban areas of Tocantinopolis city

From: High prevalence of hepatitis A in indigenous population in north Brazil

 

Number tested (n = 872)

anti-HAV + (n = 757)

HAV IgM + (n = 15)

Total population studied

872 (100%)

757 (87.0%)

15 (1.7%)

Sex

 Female

467 (53.5%)

415 (88.8%)

05 (1.1%)

 Male

405 (46.5%)

342 (84.4%)

10 (2.4%)

Age group (years)

 0 a 2

52

18 (34.6%)

0 (0.0%)

 3 a 5

72

33 (45.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 6 a 12

137

110 (80.2%)

0 (0.0%)

 13 a 21

170

159 (93.5%)

2 (1.2%)

 22 a 30

132

128 (96.9%)

1 (0.75%)

 31 a 40

99

99 (100.0%)

2 (2.0%)

 41 a 50

69

69 (100.0%)

3 (4.3%)

 51 a 60

58

58 (100.0%)

1 (1.7%)

 > de 61

83

83(100.0%)

6 (7.2%)

Location

 Indigenous

  Prata village

51

49 (96.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  Girassol village

66

63 (95.5%)

0 (0.0%)

  Mariazinha village

155

115 (74.2%)

0 (0.0%)

  Riachinho village

18

16 (88.8%)

0 (0.0%)

  Serrinha village

64

60 (93.7%)

0 (0.0%)

  Folha Grossa village

137

130 (94.9%)

13 (9.5%)

 Non-indigenous (urban areas)

  Cacau urban area

62

48 (77.4%)

1 (1.6%)

  Mumbuco urban area

83

70 (84.3%)

0 (0.0%)

  Urban area block 18

84

76 (90.5%)

1 (1.2%)

  Urban area block 22

62

47 (75.8%)

0 (0.0%)

  Bela Vista urban area

12

8 (66.6%)

0 (0.0%)

  Tocantinopolis downtown

78

75 (96.1%)

0 (0.0%)