Research Article
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Associated Factors among Health Professionals in University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Exposure to potential risk factors or HBV infection among HCWS at UOG hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015.
| Variables | Number | Percent |
| Vaccination status | | | Yes | 11 | 3.3 | No | 321 | 96.7 | Blood transfusion | | | Yes | 5 | 1.5 | No | 327 | 98.5 | Parenteral injection | | | Yes | 161 | 48.5 | No | 171 | 51.5 | Contact with jaundice person | | | Yes | 144 | 43.4 | No | 188 | 56.6 | Needle prick injury | | | Yes | 194 | 58.4 | No | 138 | 41.6 | Blood contact with skin or mucosa | | | Yes | 269 | 81 | No | 63 | 19 | Harmful practice | | | Yes | 55 | 16.6 | No | 277 | 83.4 | Unprotected sex | | | Yes | 33 | 9.9 | No | 299 | 90.1 | Multiple sexual partnerships | | | Yes | 11 | 3.3 | No | 321 | 96.7 |
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