Hubungan antara penggunaan jarum suntik dan jarum lain dengan kejadian hepatitis virus B=The Corelation of the Use of Injection Needles or ...
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAG) is one of the indications of viral hepatitis B infection which can occur horizontally or vertically. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of HBsAG ( + ) sera in the Tulung village, Tulung sub-Distirct, Klaten District, Central Java, and the corr...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
1991
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| Summary: | Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAG) is one of the indications of viral hepatitis B infection which can occur horizontally or vertically.
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of HBsAG ( + ) sera in the Tulung village, Tulung sub-Distirct, Klaten District, Central Java, and the correlation of HBsAG positivity and the use of diagnostic/therapeutic needles.
This retrospective study indicated that the prevalence was 2% and that there was no strong positive correlation between invasive procedures and viral hepatitis infection.
Key words: HBsAG -- viral hepatitis -- injection needles |
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