| Abstract: | A seroepidemiological study of the spread of hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) was conducted among some population groups in Kabardino-Balkaria. The structure of HBsAg subtypes was also studied in the residents of the republic. The presence of viral hepatitis B markers among the test groups of the healthy population corresponds to the parameters of moderate activity of an epidemic process. The analysis of the immunological structure of the population leads the author to assign Kabardino-Balkaria to highly HBC endemic areas. The occupational factor is demonstrated to be actively involved in the spread of HBC and it is practically of no significance for HCV. An examination could reveal the HBsAg subtype adrq+ that is uncharacteristic of this area. |
