Marynel Vázquez, Alexander Lew, Eden Gorevoy, Joe Connolly
Pose Generation for Social Robots in Conversational Group Formations
Frontiers in robotics and AI
infection hepatitis virus hav often asymptomatic young children adolescents adults symptoms ranging nausea tiredness acute liver failure even death risk severe disease higher older adults people preexisting liver disease immunization recommended regions low hav endemicity levels ie people get infected later life philippines recent epidemiologic data hav infection lacking objective study assess agespecific seroprevalence evaluate risk factors associated hav seropositivity people two geographic areas urban rural recruitedenrolled stratified age group havspecific immunoglobulin g igg antibodies measured chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay sociodemographic parameters hepatitis medical history disease knowledge hygiene measures sanitation assessed via purposemade questionnaire age midpoint population immunity ampi estimated using kaplanmeier curves logistic regression analyses carried determine factors statistically significantly associated p 005 hav seropositivity overall 1242 participants included analysis 250602 415 participants urban regions 283640 442 participants rural regions tested positive hav igg antibodies ampi 35 37 years rural urban region respectively higher education associated lower hav seropositivity prevalence ratios living region last 5 years regularly consuming street food lack handwashing defecation associated higher likelihood hav seropositivity results suggest hav endemicity low philippines factors associated hav seropositivity traveling consuming street food lack basic hygienic gestures immunization might option protect vulnerable populations severe hepatitis disease