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| Villar,Livia M.; Ó,Kycia Maria R. do; Scalioni,Leticia P.; Cruz,Helena M.; Portilho,Moyra M.; Mendonça,Ana Carolina F.; Miguel,Juliana C.; Figueiredo,Andreza S.; Almeida,Adilson J. de; Lampe,Elisabeth. |
| Background: Data regarding Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) prevalence among military personnel in Brazil are lacking, but the work-related risk of exposure can be high. The objective of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV and the risk factors associated to HBV exposure among Brazilian military personnel.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and included 433 male military adults aged 18-25 years old working in Rio de Janeiro during October 2013. All individuals completed a questionnaire to assess their risk of exposure and provided a blood sample to HBV and HCV testing.Results: None of the participants presented HBsAg or anti-HBc IgM, 18 (4.1%) were positive for total anti-HBc, 247 (57.0%) were positive for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Military personnel. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000300285 |
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| Speranza,F.A.B.; Ishii,S.K.; Hirata Jr.,R.; Mattos-Guaraldi,A.L.; Milagres,L.G.. |
| Serologic data on diseases that are preventable by vaccines are necessary to evaluate the success of immunization programs and to identify susceptible subgroups. In the present study, we determined serum IgG levels against diphtheria toxin of military and civilian blood donors (N = 75; 69.3% males and 30.7% females) aged 18-64 years, from the Brazilian Army Biology Institute, Rio de Janeiro, using a commercial diphtheria kit (Diphtheria IgG ELISA; IBL, Germany). Most (63%) unprotected military donors were from the older age group of 41 to 64 years. In contrast, the majority (71%) of young military donors (18 to 30 years) were fully protected. About half of the military donors aged 31 to 40 years were protected against diphtheria. Among the civilians, about... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Diphtheria protective antibodies; Military personnel; Blood donors; Age influence. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000100017 |
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