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HEPATITIS B INFECTIONS IN EXPATRIATE DOCTORS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

1976; Wiley; Volume: 2; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb115267.x

1326-5377

D. G. Woodfield,

Travel-related health issues

The frequency of hepatitis B infection in European doctors and non-medical expatriates working in Papua New Guinea has been investigated. There was a higher rate of clinical hepatitis in doctors as compared with non-medical personnel and serological evidence suggested that most of the infections were hepatitis B. Subclinical infections with hepatitis B in doctors were also common, and the frequency of hepatitis B antibody increased with length of stay in Papua New Guinea. The implications of these findings are discussed.