Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis B virus in foreign-born hospital employees

Steve B. Kalish; Brenda Fisher; Carl Bertil Wallemark; Joan S. Chmiel; John P. Phair

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(87)90637-1

Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis B virus in foreign-born hospital employees

Steve B. Kalish^*, Brenda Fisher, Carl Bertil Wallemark, Joan S. Chmiel, John P. Phair

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Abstract

Hepatitis B surface and core antibodies were measured in 512 community hospital employees at increased risk for developing infection with hepatitis B virus. Antibody was detected in 140 (27 percent) participants. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that seropositivity was strongly associated with the prevalence of hepatitis B in an employee's country of birth and with age. These results suggest that reported differences among hospitals in hepatitis B seropositivity may in part be a reflection of the national origin of its employees. These data also indicate that each hospital should assess its own risk for hepatitis B infection and that prevaccination serologic testing is particularly worthwhile in hospitals having large numbers of foreign-born employees.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	824-828
Number of pages	5
Journal	The American journal of medicine
Volume	83
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(87)90637-1
State	Published - Nov 1987

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From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Edge-water Hospital, Section of Infectious Disease, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Nursing, Edgewater Hospital, Cancer Center and Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois. This work was supported in part by a grant from Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and by the Samuel Sackett Endowment for Infectious Diseases. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Steve EL Kalish, Division of Infectious Diseases, Edge-water Hospital, 5700 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60660. Manuscript submitted December 30, 1986, and accepted June 29, 1987.

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