Prevalence of HBV and HBV vaccination coverage in health care workers of tertiary hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Attaullah, Sobia ^a   Khan, Sanaullah ^b   Naseemullah, ^c   Ayaz, Sultan ^b   Khan, Shahid Niaz ^b   Ali, Ijaz ^d   Hoti, Naseruddin ^e   Siraj, Sami ^f  

^a ISLAMIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 79959704948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-275     Document Type: Article

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