title: Prevalence of seromarkers of HBV and HCV in health care personnel and apparently healthy blood donors.
abstract: Ninety-five health care workers and 91 controls were screened for seromarkers of both HBV (HBsAg, HBeAg, Anti-HBc) and HCV (anti-HCV) by ELISA. The control group showed a much higher frequency of seromarkers for both the viruses. HBsAg was positive in 5% of study group (health care personnel) and 14% of controls. Anti-HBc as a marker of past HBV-exposure was positive in 28% of study group as compared to 36% of controls. Overall, 33% of study group and 48% of control showed one or the other marker of HBV Anti-HCV was positive in 4% of study group and 14% of controls. This study suggests that health care workers are not particularly a high risk group as compared to rest of the population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Syed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens