摘要：Authors O. Kra , N. N’dri , B. Ouattara , K. Kadjo , T. Aba , E. Bissagnéné Service des maladies infectieuses, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Service de médecine interne, CHU de Bouaké Côte d’Ivoire Key words: HBsAg, prevalence, Gendarmerie, recruits, Ivory Coast DOI : 10.1684/mst.2012.0036 Page(s) : 219-20 Published in: 2012 The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBsAg carriage in Ivorian gendarmerie recruits in 2008. This prevalence was 15.6%. It was highest in recruits aged 18 years (24%), in those who were married (33.3%) and in those who had had more than three sexual partners in the 6 months before the survey (19.4%). It was also higher in recruits who had never used condoms (20.6%) and in those who had undergone blood transfusions (27%). A policy of vaccination against HBV in the army, in teenagers and adults must be implemented to reduce HBsAg carriage in the army and in the Ivorian population.
