Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran

BACKGROUND: Laboratory health care workers (HCWs) may become infected through their occupation with blood-borne pathogens. The aims of this study were determining the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the protection offered by HBV vaccine in medical laboratory HCWs. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

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Autores principales: Shoaei, Parisa, Najafi, Somayeh, Lotfi, Noushin, Vakili, Bahareh, Ataei, Behrooz, Yaran, Majid, Shafiei, Rezvan
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420931
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.162701
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author Shoaei, Parisa
Najafi, Somayeh
Lotfi, Noushin
Vakili, Bahareh
Ataei, Behrooz
Yaran, Majid
Shafiei, Rezvan
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description BACKGROUND: Laboratory health care workers (HCWs) may become infected through their occupation with blood-borne pathogens. The aims of this study were determining the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the protection offered by HBV vaccine in medical laboratory HCWs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 203 employers of clinical laboratories. Participant data were obtained through a questionnaire, and the level of antigens and antibodies were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: All of the subjects were negative for HBV infection. Forty-seven (23.2%) were not immune, 126 (62.0%) were relatively immune, and 30 (14.8%) were highly immune. CONCLUSION: Hepatitis B infection is infrequent in laboratory HCWs in Isfahan.
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spelling pubmed-45621322015-09-29 Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran Shoaei, Parisa Najafi, Somayeh Lotfi, Noushin Vakili, Bahareh Ataei, Behrooz Yaran, Majid Shafiei, Rezvan Asian J Transfus Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Laboratory health care workers (HCWs) may become infected through their occupation with blood-borne pathogens. The aims of this study were determining the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the protection offered by HBV vaccine in medical laboratory HCWs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 203 employers of clinical laboratories. Participant data were obtained through a questionnaire, and the level of antigens and antibodies were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: All of the subjects were negative for HBV infection. Forty-seven (23.2%) were not immune, 126 (62.0%) were relatively immune, and 30 (14.8%) were highly immune. CONCLUSION: Hepatitis B infection is infrequent in laboratory HCWs in Isfahan. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4562132/ /pubmed/26420931 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.162701 Text en Copyright: © Asian Journal of Transfusion Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shoaei, Parisa
Najafi, Somayeh
Lotfi, Noushin
Vakili, Bahareh
Ataei, Behrooz
Yaran, Majid
Shafiei, Rezvan
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title_full Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title_short Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatitis B surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran
title_sort seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus infection and hepatitis b surface antibody status among laboratory health care workers in isfahan, iran
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420931
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.162701
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