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11740870

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Blood samples from 477 hospital workers (HWs) at the Central Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Budapest, Hungary were tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies by enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and 13 (2.7%) of these were found to be HCV antibody positive. Ten (2.7%) were from nursing/housekeeping staff and three (2.9%) from medical staff. HCV antibody positive HWs were detected in 10 of 17 work places, and the prevalence rates in these departments or units varied between 1.2% and 6.5%. The prevalence increased gradually with increasing age, being 0% in these under 21 years of age and 9.5% in those above 50 years of age. Eleven (85%) of 13 HCV antibody positive HWs had HCV RNA in their sera, four of them intermittently during the follow-up period. HCV genotype 1 was present in two HWs, 1b in six HWs, 3a in one HW and 4 in two HWs. Chronic hepatitis C has developed in six (46%) HCV antibody positive HWs. Although the source of infection through needlestick could only be traced directly in one case, circumstantial evidence indicated that the majority of infections were occupationally acquired, originating from percutaneous or mucocutaneous exposure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0195-6701
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 The Hospital Infection Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence, genotype distribution and outcome of hepatitis C infections among the employees of the Hungarian Central Hospital for infectious diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory for Diagnostic Virology, Central Hospital for Infectious Diseases "St. László", Budapest, Hungary. ilona@drotposta.hu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't