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Seroepidemiologic study of anti-HAV IgG in health-care workers
1Szent László Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.
Abstract:
The seroprevalence of Hepatitis A virus IgG antibody (Anti-HAV IgG) was assessed in 410 health-care workers, included 97 physicians, 174 nurses, 57 auxiliary staff, 23 cleaning staff, and 59 from various professions. The overall seroprevalence rate was 50.2% with a mean age of 38.2 years, physicians 41.9%, nurses 48.6%, auxiliary staff 47.4% cleaning staff 87.0%, various professions 57.6%. A low seroprevalence was found in young employees, while a high seroprevalence increasing with age was demonstrated in older employees. The low seroprevalence rate may be returned to improvements of the socioeconomic conditions in Hungary.
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