TY - JOUR
T1 - Immunologic status of nursing personnel against hepatitis B virus
AU - Noula, M.
AU - Theodosopoulou, E.
AU - Margari, N.
AU - Gesouli, E.
AU - Amari, M.
AU - Konstantinou, E. A.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We studied the frequency of HBsAg in the nurses of six Greek hospitals, through a questionnaire that was filled out from the nurses. There were 696 participants in the study, 80,6% of them declared that they had been examined at the past without vaccination for HBsAg and antibodies against HBV. 1,4% of them (8 participants) were found HBsAg positive and 14,6% with antibodies against HBV. 56,2% (345) were vaccinated, while 43,8% (269), is the population that could grow the disease. Finally, it seems that the frequency of HBsAg, is lower than the limit is used, in order to characterize a country as middle endemic. So there is an immediate need to vaccinate more health care professionals against HBV.
AB - We studied the frequency of HBsAg in the nurses of six Greek hospitals, through a questionnaire that was filled out from the nurses. There were 696 participants in the study, 80,6% of them declared that they had been examined at the past without vaccination for HBsAg and antibodies against HBV. 1,4% of them (8 participants) were found HBsAg positive and 14,6% with antibodies against HBV. 56,2% (345) were vaccinated, while 43,8% (269), is the population that could grow the disease. Finally, it seems that the frequency of HBsAg, is lower than the limit is used, in order to characterize a country as middle endemic. So there is an immediate need to vaccinate more health care professionals against HBV.
KW - HBV
KW - Immunologic status of nurses
KW - Vaccination
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036268539
SN - 1011-6575
VL - 20
SP - 37
EP - 44
JO - Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes
JF - Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes
IS - 1
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