Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, Number 352, March 9, 2005. Seroprevalence of Six Infectious Diseases Among Adults in the United States by Race/Ethnicity: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-94

摘要

To provide seroprevalence estimates for six selected infectious agents by various sociodemographic and risk behavior variables stratified by race/ethnicity for adults age 20 years or more. Seroprevalence estimates for hepatitis A, B, and C, Toxoplasma gondii, Helicobacter pylori, and Herpes simplex-2 were calculated from data in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-94 utilizing weights to account for differential oversampling by race/ethnicity and nonresponse to the interview and examination. Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals were calculated taking into account the complex sample design.