background knowledg regard preval hev general popul can indic public health hygien therefor studi conduct evalu preval hev among adult southwest iran method blood sampl were taken from 510 particip 206 404 male 304 596 femal from februari juli 2014 detect antihev igg igm antibodi carri out elisa test result the overal antihev igg igm preval rate were 461 14 respect antihev igg igm seroposit were statist associ gender race ethnic meanwhil were signific differ between age group regard hev igg igm seroposit hev igg seropreval increas age from 143 subject age 1830 year 714 person over 71 year old consider individu age 61 70 year had highest hev preval 909 also 57 age group 1830 year 22 age group 3140 year were posit antihev igm antibodi highest rate observ subject age 1830 year conclus conclus high hev igg seropreval 461 observ among adult southwest iran

Fatemeh Farshadpour

Reza Taherkhani

Manoochehr Makvandi

Prevalence of <i>Hepatitis E Virus</i> among Adults in South-West of Iran

background studi had report high rate hepat infect among hospit worker low particip vaccin programm especi those whose work expos them risk hbv infect the studi assess knowledg hepat virus infect risk percept vaccin histori challeng control hepat among health worker method descript crosssect studi consent health care worker complet selfadminist questionnair assess respond general knowledg hbv vaccin histori hbsag status risk percept challeng control hepat data analys use descript inferenti statist result three hundr eightytwo health care worker particip studi there were 182 male 200 femal the respond compris 94 25 medic doctor 168 44 nurs 68 18 medic laboratori technologist 52 14 pharmacist over 33 had poor knowledg 35 immun against hbv predictor good knowledg includ age less than 35 year male sex be medic doctor previous hbsag test complet hbv immunis identifi challeng control hepat includ lack hospit polici 916 poor orient newli employ health worker 759 low risk percept 746 conclus hospit polici issu low risk percept hbv transmiss have grave implic control hbv infect

Olusegun Adekanle

Dennis A. Ndububa

Samuel Anu Olowookere

Oluwasegun Ijarotimi

Kayode Thaddeus Ijadunola

Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Immunization with Hepatitis B Vaccine, Risk Perception, and Challenges to Control Hepatitis among Hospital Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

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Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus among Adults in South-West of Iran

Knowledge of Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Immunization with Hepatitis B Vaccine, Risk Perception, and Challenges to Control Hepatitis among Hospital Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital