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Hepatitis C: incidence and knowledge among Brazilian dentists
Ademar Junior Takahama1, Fernando Tatsch, Gabriela Tannus
1Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Brazil.
Objectives:
To evaluate the incidence of Hepatitis C among dentists from the city of Piracicaba-SP--Brazil, and also to analyze the knowledge of this disease among these health care workers.
Design:
Two hundred and sixty-seven dentists completed a questionnaire and supplied a sample of blood for serologic testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Results:
Only one participant was positive for HCV, representing 0.4% of total. There was a lack of knowledge of this disease among dentists.
Conclusions:
There is an occupational risk of infection for HCV in dentistry and there is a need to make professionals aware of it.
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