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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Dental Healthcare Workers toward Hepatitis B Virus in Khartoum/Sudan
CONCLUSION: Most of the study participants were aware of HBV infection, routes of transmission, prevention, and necessity of vaccination, but they are deficient in some areas, like needle-stick injury protocol and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The study revealed a low level of HBV vaccination coverage rate. Further strategies for preventing workplace exposure, training programs on HBV infection, including PEP, and increasing the vaccination coverage rate of all healthcare workers are highly recommended.CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Dental healthcare workers are at high risk of acquiring hepatitis B infection. The majority of e...
Source: J Contemp Dent Pract - June 7, 2023 Category: Dentistry Authors: Mona Awad Kamil Hind Ali Osman Nahid Mahmoud Hassan Elamin Source Type: research
Sexual and reproductive health needs of young women living with perinatally acquired HIV
CONCLUSION: High rates of unplanned pregnancy, STIs and cervical abnormalities highlight the continuing SRH needs of YWLPaHIV and requirement for open access to integrated HIV/SRH services despite pandemic restrictions.PMID:37279784 | DOI:10.1177/09564624231179768
Source: Herpes - June 6, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Veronica R Nott George A Hazell Sara Ayres Natalie Kirkhope Sarah Fidler Caroline Foster Source Type: research
Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Shingles with an Immunostimulatory Vaccine Virus and Acyclovir
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2023 Feb 1;16(2):226. doi: 10.3390/ph16020226.ABSTRACTPractically the entire global population is infected by herpesviruses that establish lifelong latency and can be reactivated. Alpha-herpesviruses, herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2) and varicella zoster virus (VZV), establish latency in sensory neurons and then reactivate to infect epithelial cells in the mucosa or skin, resulting in a vesicular rash. Licensed antivirals inhibit virus replication, but do not affect latency. On reactivation, VZV causes herpes zoster, also known as shingles. The 76-year-old first author of this paper pub...
Source: Herpes - June 1, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tibor Bakacs Volker Sandig Imre Kovesdi Source Type: research
Management of bloodborne occupational exposure among medical personnel: A 4-year prospective study
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 May 31. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2022.492. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo examine the management of bloodborne occupational exposure in a tertiary hospital in China. The prospective study was conducted at Zhejiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine between January 2016 and December 2019. Data on the blood-borne occupational exposure management was collected. A total of 460 exposures were reported. 40.22% exposures were from hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive index patients.453 exposures were reported intime, and 371 cases received emergency management. 68/73 received timely prophylaxis. Only 82/...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - May 31, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Xuxia Yu Tieer Gan Yuexian Zhu Minfang Wang Lili Qian Ye Lu Source Type: research
