SEROPREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTIONS IN DENTISTS FROM BELEM, PARA, BRAZIL

A.C.R. COSTA¹, L.Q. SIRAVENHA², R.N.M. FEITOSA³, V.N. AZEVEDO⁴, A.C.R. VALLINOTO⁵, R. ISHAK⁶, L.F.A. MACHADO⁷*
¹Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
²Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
³Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
⁴Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
⁵Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
⁶Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
⁷Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil
* Corresponding Author : lfamachado@gmail.com

Received : 23-01-2018     Accepted : 28-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 3       Pages : 1113 - 1116
Int J Microbiol Res 10.3 (2018):1113-1116
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-5276.10.3.1113-1116

Keywords : Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Serology, Dentists, Brazil
Academic Editor : Sylwiachojnowska, Sandra M. cordo, Trupti B Naik
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We acknowledge all subjects enrolled in the present study and PROPESP/UFPA
Author Contribution : All the authors equally contributed

A cross sectional study involving 97 dentists was conducted from January to December 2006. All professionals gave written consent for the procedure and filled out a questionnaire about some risk factors. Blood samples were analyzed to detect the serological markers: HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc and anti-HCV. A total of 59 (60.8%) dentists showed seropositivity for at least one of the viral markers to HBV. The presence of total anti-HBc was observed in 1 (1.0%) of the dentists. None of them was HBsAg, 5 (5.2%) were anti-HBc/anti-HBs positive and 53 (54.6%) dentists were anti-HBs positive. Anti-HCV seropositivity was 3.1% (3/97) and all the subjects had more than 25 years of experience in the profession. The HBV and HCV seropositivity rates among dentists of Belém, Pará was similar to that detected in Brazil and the low HBV vaccination coverage shows that there is the necessity of performing the vaccination scheme in this populationd.

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