Risk factors and prevalence of hepatitis virus B and C serum markers among nurses at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City, Mexico: a descriptive study

Risk factors and prevalence of hepatitis virus B and C serum markers among nurses at a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City, Mexico: a descriptive study

Background & aim: Alcohol consumption and viral infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the first causes of chronic hepatopathy in Mexico. Medical personnel are at high risk of developing HBV and HCV infection because both viruses are transmitted parenteraly. T...

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Main Authors: Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Daniel Motola-Kuba, Daniel Zamora-Valdés, Karla Sánchez-L ara, Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez, Martha H. Uribe-Ramos, Francisco Vásquez-Fernández, Jezer Lezama-Mora, Julio A. Pérez-Sosa, Héctor A. Baptista-González, Misael Uribe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-10-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Viral hepatitis
hepatitis B virus
hepatitis C virus
risk factors
prevalence
Mexico
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S166526811931988X

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