Prevalence of HBsAg carriers among some tribes of Madhya Pradesh.

Abstract

Prevalence of HBsAg was determined in 1314 sera obtained from 11 different tribal populations of five districts of Madhya Pradesh. Reversed passive haemagglutination assay was used for screening showed a HBsAg carrier rate of 2.99 to 21.54 per cent among the various tribes. Significant regional variation was also observed.