A study of the prevalence of markers of hepatitis B infection in hospital staff.
Five hundred and sixty-one members of the nursing, dental and junior medical staff of a teaching hospital were tested for serological evidence of hepatitis B infection using the markers HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HBc. Overall marker prevalence rates, indicating both current and past infections, were: dental staff 1.1%; nursing staff 3.2%; junior medical staff 6.0%. These results reflect relative risk of occupational exposure.
D000328:Adult; D003815:Dentists; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D009726:Nurses; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010820:Physicians
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens