Infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the personnel of health institutions in Medellín- Colombia 1983

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Published: 1985-06-15

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Arroyave, M. L., Echeverry, M. L., Jaramillo, C., Navarrete, L., Ramírez, M. L., Ramírez, R., Vega, Y., & Torres, Y. (1985). Infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the personnel of health institutions in Medellín- Colombia 1983. Medicina UPB, 4(1), 17-29. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/6209
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Martha Lucía Arroyave
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Martha Ligia Echeverry
Pontifical Bolivarian University image/svg+xml
Carlos Jaramillo
Pontifical Bolivarian University image/svg+xml
Liliana Navarrete
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Martha Lucía Ramírez
Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Medellín
Ruth Ramírez
Departmental Laboratory
Yolanda Vega
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Yolanda Torres
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Abstract

A prevalence study of HBV infection markers was performed on 762 health workers adscribed to Medellin Public Institutions. Discontinuous contrainmunelectrophoresis (CEP) and immune-enzymatic assay (EIA) were used. The results for any of the markers were positive up to 24.01% and susceptible up to 74.41%. The association of infection markers to occupatiori, working site and age was confirmed.

Keywords:
BHV in health personnel, HBsAg carriers

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Martha Lucía Arroyave, University of Antioquia

Student of the Magister of Public Health. National Faculty of Public Health. University of Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia S.A.

Martha Ligia Echeverry, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Chief of Epidemiology of the Secretary of Health. Municipality of Medellín. Professor of Community Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Bolivarian Pontifical University. Medellin Colombia.

Carlos Jaramillo, Pontifical Bolivarian University

Deputy Head of the Departmental Laboratory S.S.S.A. Professor of Virology at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Medellin, Colombia S.A.

Liliana Navarrete, University of Antioquia

Student of the Magister of Public Health. National Faculty of Public Health. University of Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia S.A.

Martha Lucía Ramírez, Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Medellín

Assistant Nurse of Epidemiology of the Secretary of Health of the Municipality of Medellín, Colombia S.A.

Ruth Ramírez, Departmental Laboratory

Bacteriologist of the Virology Service of the Departmental Laboratory S.S.S.A. Medellin Colombia.

Yolanda Vega, University of Antioquia

Student of the Magister of Public Health. National Faculty of Public Health. University of Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia S.A.

Yolanda Torres, University of Antioquia

Professor of Epidemiology National School of Public Health. University of Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia S.A.

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