Prevention of Viral Hepatitis B in Contactsof HBsAg Carriers in the Plzeň Area in 1998
Authors:
P. Pazdiora 1; V. Petříková 2; D. Fránová 1
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddělení epidemiologie KHS, Plzeň 2 Oddělení klinické biochemie, Fakultní nemocnice, Plzeň
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Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 1999, č. 4, s. 153-159
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Overview
In 1998 in five Plzeň laboratories 128 HBsAg carrierships were found. In 64.8% the patient wasevaluated at the time of sampling as a „healthy carrier“. Based on the assessed positivity familycontacts of these subjects were offered examination of hepatic markers of free immunization. Mostpeople responded because of personal contact with a HBsAg positive patient. Postinfection markers(HBsAg, anti-HBcAg) were detected in 20.6%, in the control group in 5.1% of the examined subjects.64% sensitive subjects were immunized. Based on the financial costs of the study, it was calculatedthat examination and immunization of contacts of HBsAg positive subjects in the whole republicwould require a sum of 46 million crowns. If laboratory examinations of family contacts were leftout the costs would be cca 75%.
Key words:
viral hepatitis B – serological reviews – immunization.
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Hygiene and epidemiology Medical virology Clinical microbiologyArticle was published in
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