Current Prevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among Parturient Women in Jakarta, Indonesia

Authors

  • Hartono Gunardi Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2 Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Liza F Zaimi Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2 Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Soedjatmiko Soedjatmiko Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2 Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Turyadi Turyadi Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Alida R Harahap Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • David H Muljono Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Aim: to determine the current prevalence of hepatitis B infection among parturient women in Jakarta, Indonesia. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in women giving birth between May and July 2009, recruited by consecutive sampling technique in 2 hospitals and 13 public health centers in Jakarta. Mothers with history of chronic liver disease were excluded. Data were collected by questionnaires including obstetric history, hepatitis B immunization history, and the presence of jaundice; maternal venous blood samples were taken before parturition for HBsAg determination that was performed by ELISA. Results: of 1,009 parturient women screened for hepatitis B infection, 22 were found positive, giving an overall hepatitis B prevalence of 2.2%, previous 5.2% in 1985. None of the subjects had any symptoms of HBV infection. The highest HBsAg prevalence was found in the East Jakarta study site, with predominance in mothers aged <20 years and those with multi-parities. Conclusion: present prevalence of HBsAg among Indonesian parturient women in Jakarta was 2.2% and markedly reduced compared with prevalence in 1985. Key words: hepatitis B, parturient women, immunization, prevalence.

Downloads

Published

2016-05-16

How to Cite

Gunardi, H., Zaimi, L. F., Soedjatmiko, S., Turyadi, T., Harahap, A. R., & Muljono, D. H. (2016). Current Prevalence of Hepatitis B Infection among Parturient Women in Jakarta, Indonesia. Acta Medica Indonesiana, 46(1). Retrieved from https://www.actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/57

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2014)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

License

Copyright

The authors who publish in this journal agree to the following requirements:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. (See The Effect of Open Access)

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Most read articles by the same author(s)