Journal of Health Science and Prevention
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): JHSP Vol 1 No 2 - 2017

Hepatitis B Surface Antibody (HBsAb) Screening with Rapid Test among Teenagers in Surabaya

Moch Irfan Hadi (State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel)
Muhammad Yusuf Alamudi (Universitas Nadhlatul Ulama Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Sep 2017

Abstract

Hepatitis was an inflammation or infection of the liver cells and generally caused by the virus, resulting in the liver swelled. Hepatitis B disease is caused by acute or chronic Hepatitis B virus and includes the most dangerous liver disease. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates in 2002 that one billion living individuals are infected with Hepatitis B, so more than 200 million people worldwide are infected, and 1-2 million deaths annually are associated with VHB. In 2008 the number of people infected with VHB was 2 billion, and 350 million people continued to be patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Generally most of Hepatitis B immunization studies that have been conducted in Indonesia only observe the early age group (infant) and quite rare for adolescence groups. Those group of teenagers becomes very important subject because they will soon be married and have children in the future. The research aimed to investigated HbsAb-based hepatitis using Rapid test among teenagers. This research was conducted in the Boarding School Health Study Center of Nadhlatul Ulama University Surabaya. Fifty-four teenagers were tested using HbsAb rapid test. The HBsAb rapid test result found 2 teenagers positive to hepatitis.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jhsp

Publisher

Subject

Nursing Public Health

Description

JHSP is an Open Access, double blind peer-reviewed, biannualy journal in the field of public health sciences and prevention. The aim of the journal is to stimulate dissemination of knowledge in the public health field in order to improve efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of public health ...