Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Occupational exposure is a major risk factor for hepatitis B (HB) transmission. METHODS: Vaccination coverage and immunity verification from 64 dentists of the Brazilian Unified Health System were investigated. An immunochromatographic method was used to verify immunity ag...
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| author | Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin Ketlin Lara Tosta Vanzo Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz Artênio José Ísper Garbin Fernando Yamamoto Chiba |
| author_facet | Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin Ketlin Lara Tosta Vanzo Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz Artênio José Ísper Garbin Fernando Yamamoto Chiba |
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| description | Abstract INTRODUCTION: Occupational exposure is a major risk factor for hepatitis B (HB) transmission. METHODS: Vaccination coverage and immunity verification from 64 dentists of the Brazilian Unified Health System were investigated. An immunochromatographic method was used to verify immunity against the disease. RESULTS: Overall, 77.77% of participating dentists completed the vaccination schedule; 37.50% had negative anti-HBs test results. Furthermore, 60.93% of participants never underwent anti-HBs tests and 40% did not know how to correctly interpret results. CONCLUSIONS: Numerous dentists were not immune to the disease. Few participants previously performed the test, with many not knowing how to interpret the results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3162bab3117a44d2babe830a1ce402922022-12-22T00:26:16ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98495210.1590/0037-8682-0534-2018S0037-86822019000100672Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentistsCléa Adas Saliba GarbinKetlin Lara Tosta VanzoSuzely Adas Saliba MoimazArtênio José Ísper GarbinFernando Yamamoto ChibaAbstract INTRODUCTION: Occupational exposure is a major risk factor for hepatitis B (HB) transmission. METHODS: Vaccination coverage and immunity verification from 64 dentists of the Brazilian Unified Health System were investigated. An immunochromatographic method was used to verify immunity against the disease. RESULTS: Overall, 77.77% of participating dentists completed the vaccination schedule; 37.50% had negative anti-HBs test results. Furthermore, 60.93% of participants never underwent anti-HBs tests and 40% did not know how to correctly interpret results. CONCLUSIONS: Numerous dentists were not immune to the disease. Few participants previously performed the test, with many not knowing how to interpret the results.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100672&lng=en&tlng=enHepatitis BVaccination CoverageImmunizationDentists |
| spellingShingle | Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin Ketlin Lara Tosta Vanzo Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz Artênio José Ísper Garbin Fernando Yamamoto Chiba Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Immunization Dentists |
| title | Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists |
| title_full | Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists |
| title_fullStr | Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists |
| title_short | Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists |
| title_sort | vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis b in public health dentists |
| topic | Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Immunization Dentists |
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