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  • Title: Hepatitis B surface antigen, e antigen and HBV DNA in healthy antenatal patients attending Goroka Hospital and their relationship to tattooing practices.
    Author: Spooner V, Richens J, Sanders R.
    Journal: P N G Med J; 1990 Mar; 33(1):11-5. PubMed ID: 2346045.
    Abstract:
    The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in women attending the antenatal clinic at Goroka Hospital was 14%. 32% of those positive for HBsAg also had hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), indicative of an infectious state. The mean HBV DNA level in HBeAg-positive women was 1800 pg/ml. These results suggest that vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus may be of importance in Papua New Guinea. Tattooing is common in this population: 91% of women in the study had tattoos. Methods employed in tattooing are a potential health risk but in a community which is now exposed to hepatitis B virus early in life tattooing practices are not important in the transmission of hepatitis B infection.
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