Hepatitis B status of participants screened for the SiVET studies in Kenya and Uganda by baseline characteristics.
acute infection, chronic infection, HBV infection
ACUTE INFECTION, CHRONIC INFECTION, NAIROBI
*HR = High Risk; LR = Low RiskThe prevalence of HBV infection was 3.9% among males and 2.8% among females while prevalence by site was: Entebbe (4.9%); Kampala (4.1%) and Nairobi (0.3%). The highest HBV prevalence was found among participants aged 25-29-years (5.2%), those with primary level education (4.5%), and those in informal low risk employment (6.5%). The proportion with chronic infection was higher than that with acute infection in all age groups i.e., <25 years (1.2% vs 0.5%); 25–29 years (5.0% vs 0.5%) and ≥30 years (3.3% vs 0.4%) 