Viral hepatitis in South African healthcare workers at increased risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 6-12

  Vardas, E ^a   Ross, M H ^a   Sharp, G ^b   McAnerney, J ^a   Sim, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; South Africa; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036358365     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1143     Document Type: Article

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