PECULIARITIES OF HBV, HCV AND DELTA-INFEC TIONS EPIDEMIC PROCESSES INHEMODIALYSIS CENTERS AND EXPERIENCE OF IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B IN A LOCAL-POPULATION

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.