[Prevalence of HBsAg carriers in Iaşi County in 2001-2005 period. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory study].

Unlabelled: The complex epidemiological process of viral hepatitis B is dominated, maintained and spreading out as a consequence of the high prevalence of the sources represented by HBsAg carriers.

Results: In the interval 2001-2005, the prevalence of HBsAg carriers in the Iaşi County was close to the national average level of about 6%. In the age group 5-9 years, the prevalence is higher in males.

[The co-infection with hepatitis virus B and D--cases admitted in the infectious diseases hospital from Iaşi, Romania (2003-2005)].

Despite the major medical advance, over 350 million people worldwide still have chronic infection with hepatitis B virus and HBV-associated liver disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. 15-50% of patient VHB infected have serological markers for VHD co-infection. We retrospectively studied 252 cases of acute hepatitis B (AHB) admitted in our hospital between 2003-2005; 12 of them (4.