Table 4.
Demographic, serological, and virological characteristics of HBsAg- and/or HBV-DNA-positive Japanese immigrants and their descendants in São Paulo, Brazil (n = 22).
| ID | Age (Years) | Recruitment Site | Gender | Serological Markers | HBV Viral Load (log) | HBV Subgenotype | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBeAg | Anti-HBe | Anti-HTLV | ||||||
| 49 a | 63 | A | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | <1.00 | NP |
| 481 a | 82 | B | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 2.79 | B1 |
| 533 a | 73 | B | M | Negative | Positive | Positive | 2.07 | C2 |
| 815 b | 44 | B | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 1.4 | NP |
| 836 a | 60 | B | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | 2.25 | B1 |
| 851 a | 66 | B | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 1.98 | B1 |
| 1156 b | 69 | B | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 1.57 | A1 |
| 1189 a | 58 | C | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 3.32 | B1 |
| 1338 b | 77 | C | F | Negative | Positive | Positive | ND | NP |
| 1367 a | 56 | C | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1576 b | 71 | D | M | Negative | Negative | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1592 a | 73 | D | F | Negative | Negative | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1596 b | 68 | D | M | Negative | Negative | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1621 a | 67 | D | M | NP | Positive | Positive | NP | NP |
| 1646 c | 47 | D | F | Negative | Negative | Negative | NP | NP |
| 1677 a | 67 | D | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1751 b | 64 | D | M | Negative | Negative | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1916 c | 39 | E | M | Negative | Negative | Negative | ND | NP |
| 1922 a | 64 | E | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | 2.53 | NP |
| 1960 b | 52 | E | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | 2.69 | F1b |
| 1974 a | 66 | E | F | Negative | Positive | Negative | 1.6 | NP |
| 2052 b | 75 | E | M | Negative | Positive | Negative | 2.12 | B1 |
a Japanese immigrant; b Japanese son/daughter; c Japanese grandchild/great-grandchild; M, male; F, female; HBeAg, Hepatitis B e antigen; anti-HBe, antibodies against HBeAg; ND, not detected; NP, not performed (insufficient specimen volume for testing).