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[Prevalence of the hepatitis B virus markers at a rural hospital]
H E Bolzan1, J O Curciarello, A Chiera
1Hospital Municipal de Lincoln, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
It carried out an epidemiological study in blood between the personal of a country hospital, with the object to know the prevalence of the marker of the hepatitis B virus, the influence of the risk agents and to evaluate the danger areas. From the total of the people of the study (155), 13 (8.4%) showed any positive marker. Significant difference were with a group of volunteers donors. It observed a less prevalence than in an urban hospital. The most prevalent is in biochemists, technical biochemists, odontologists and the personal of geriatrics. The same increase, with the oldest in the profession and the hospital. It distinguished three areas of risk to order the program of vaccinations.
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