Document 0567
 DOCN  M9460567
 TI    Infections among pygmies in the Eastern Province of Cameroon.
 DT    9404
 AU    Ndumbe PM; Atchou G; Biwole M; Lobe V; Ayuk-Takem J; Department of
       Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical; Sciences, University
       of Yaounde, Cameroon.
 SO    Med Microbiol Immunol (Berl). 1993 Dec;182(6):281-4. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94166676
 AB    The health requirements of pygmies is poorly understood because of their
       continued isolation from the other tribes in Central Africa. This study
       was undertaken among the Baka pygmies of the Eastern Province of
       Cameroon to generate basic health data among them. A total of 141 adults
       (18-45 years) were tested for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg),
       antibody to the surface antigen (anti-HBs), antibody to the core antigen
       (anti-HBc) and antibody to the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV). All
       HBsAg-positive sera were tested for the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)
       and antibody (anti-HBe). The presence of antibodies to the hepatitis D
       virus was determined in most of the anti-Hbs-positive sera, and some of
       the HBsAg-positive sera. In addition to these, previous infection with
       syphilis, measles, HIV 1/2 and HTLV were determined by looking for the
       specific antibodies. We found HBsAg in 14.2% (20/141), anti-HBs in 93.6%
       (132/141), anti-HBs in 52.2% (73/140), anti-HCV in 7.9% (11/139, measles
       antibody in 99.3% (139/140), antibody to Treponema pallidum in 13.4%
       (18/134), antibody to HTLV-1 in 10.9% (15/138) and antibody to HIV-1 in
       0.7% (1/140) of the sera tested.
 DE    *Aborigines  Adolescence  Adult  Cameroon/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Communicable
       Diseases/*ETHNOLOGY  Female  Hepatitis/ETHNOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/ETHNOLOGY  HTLV Infections/ETHNOLOGY  Male  Measles/ETHNOLOGY
       Middle Age  Prevalence  Random Allocation  Syphilis/ETHNOLOGY  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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