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Table 2 Prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B virus in people living in poverty. Goiânia, Goiás, Central-West Region of Brazil, 2016

From: Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in people living in poverty in the central-west region of Brazil

Serological markers

N = 378

%

95.0% CI

HbsAg + Total anti-HBc

3

0.8

0.3–2.3

Total Anti-HBc + anti-HBs

29

7.7

5.4–10.8

Total Anti-HBc isolated

5

1.3

0.5–3.0

IgM Anti-HBc

0

0

0

Some exposure markers

37

9.8

7.2–13.2

Anti-Hbs isolated

96

25.4

21.3–30.0

Absence of marker (susceptible)

245

64.8

59.9–69.5

  1. Abbreviations: HbsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; Total anti-HBc: antibody to HBV core antigen; anti-HBs: hepatitis B surface antibody; IgM Anti-HBc: IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen; 95.0% CI: 95.0% Confidence Interval