title: [The assessment of work ability in persons with hepatitis B and C].
abstract: A risk group for infection of virus hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) makes health care professionals who contact with blood, and body fluid. The aim of this study was, on the base of markers of infection with hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus define criteria for evaluation work ability of the infected personnel. On the base of markers of HBV infection enabled identification of four groups infection persons with different work ability: 1) HBsAg-positive, anti-HBc-positive, HBcAg-positive, anti-HBc IgM-positive and HBV DNA-positive; 2) HBsAg-positive, anti-HBc-positive, HBcAg-negative, anti-HBc-positive, anti-HBc IgM-positive and HBV DNA-positive; 3) HBsAg-positive, anti-HBc-positive, HBcAg-negative, anti-HBe-positive, anti-HBc IgM-negative and HBV DNA-negative; 4) Anti-HBs-positive, anti-HBc-positive, anti-HBc IgM-negative and anti-HBc-positive. For HCV infection, two groups with different work ability were identified: 1) Anti-HCV-positive and HCV RNA-negative; 2) Anti-HCV-positive and HCV RNA positive.
authors.affiliation: Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
authors.forename: Mirsad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabaravdić
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment; D006282:Health Personnel; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control*