Hepatitis b and c: Neglected diseases among health care workers in cameroon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Fritzsche, C ^a   Becker, F ^a   Hemmer, C J ^a   Riebold, D ^a   Klammt, S ^a   Hufert, F ^b   Akam, W ^c   Kinge, T N ^c   Reisinger, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Limbe Regional Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Healthcare workers; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; VACCINATION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880179564     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs087     Document Type: Article

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