[Study on the hepatitis virus infection among medical professionals].
OBJECTIVE
In order to find out the present situation of hepatitis virus infection among medical professionals.


METHODS
140 medical professionals were studied on their serum HBsAg, anti - HBs, anti - HCV using EIA, and HEV - IgG, HGV - IgG with ELISA.


RESULTS
The infection rates of HBsAg, HCV, HEV and HGV of medical professionals were 7.8%, 1.4%, 7.1% and 7.1% respectively with an overall infection rate of 23.5%. The infection rates for the clinical group and the non - clinical group were 33.3% and 12.3% respectively [with significant differences (P < 0.01)]. The infection rates of HEV and HGV for the clinical group were 8.0% and 12.0% respectively. It was found no superimposing infection in non - clinical group but was in clinical group.


CONCLUSIONS
The result suggested that the infection rate of hepatitis virus in the medical professionals in the clinical group was higher than in the non - clinical group.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies