PECULIARITIES OF HBV, HCV AND DELTA-INFEC TIONS EPIDEMIC PROCESSES INHEMODIALYSIS CENTERS AND EXPERIENCE OF IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B IN A LOCAL-POPULATION
Ea. Savin et al., PECULIARITIES OF HBV, HCV AND DELTA-INFEC TIONS EPIDEMIC PROCESSES INHEMODIALYSIS CENTERS AND EXPERIENCE OF IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B IN A LOCAL-POPULATION, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 67(11), 1995, pp. 13-15
Patients and medical staff of hemodialysis centers were secreened for
HBV, HCV and HDV markers. The incidence of mixed infection in patients
reached 34.8%, while in medical personnel it was only 3.4%. There was
an increasing rate of HBV markers in persons who have been immunized
with ENGERIX-B vaccine according to standard schedules one month, one
year and three years after the vaccination. Administration of Cuban va
ccine using modified shedules is perspective for wide immunoprophylaxi
s in medical staff Immunization policy for hemodialysis patients needs
further perfection.