Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantins, Northern Brazil
ABSTRACT Infection control measures have been responsible for a decline in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in hemodialysis patients. In Brazil, these measures have been in place since 1996. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current HBV and HCV...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:77fee374017e486fbb6a5c3336d18057 2024-09-09T19:26:20+00:00 Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantins, Northern Brazil Valéria Maciel Cordeiro Bruno César Teodoro Martins Sheila Araujo Teles Regina Maria Bringel Martins Karla Prado de Souza Cruvinel Márcia Alves Dias de Matos Jonio Arruda Luz Regiane Aparecida dos Santos Soares Barreto Juliana Araujo Teles Nathália Carneiro Santos Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201860036 https://doaj.org/article/77fee374017e486fbb6a5c3336d18057 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652018005000607&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 1678-9946 doi:10.1590/s1678-9946201860036 https://doaj.org/article/77fee374017e486fbb6a5c3336d18057 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 60, Iss 0 (2018) Epidemiology Viral hepatitis Dialysis Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hemodialysis Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201860036 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z ABSTRACT Infection control measures have been responsible for a decline in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in hemodialysis patients. In Brazil, these measures have been in place since 1996. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current HBV and HCV epidemiology among hemodialysis patients in the State of Tocantins comparing them with those found 14 years ago. There was a significant decline in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HCV prevalence from 4% and 13% in 2001 to 0.8% and 2.8% in 2014-2015, respectively (p < 0.05). Variables related to hemodialysis environment such as working shift and length of time on hemodialysis treatment were no longer associated to HCV and HBV exposure in 2014-2015. A high prevalence of self-reported hepatitis B vaccination was observed in both periods, but only 30% of the individuals showed serological profile of effective previous immunization, suggesting a low compliance with surveillance of hepatitis B immunization in hemodialysis centers. The significant decline in viral hepatitis B and C prevalence in hemodialysis patients in Tocantins underscores the importance of infection control measures, but the low frequency of protective serological profile after immunization against hepatitis B points to the need for greater vigilance of the patients’ vaccination. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 60 0 |
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ABSTRACT Infection control measures have been responsible for a decline in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in hemodialysis patients. In Brazil, these measures have been in place since 1996. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current HBV and HCV epidemiology among hemodialysis patients in the State of Tocantins comparing them with those found 14 years ago. There was a significant decline in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HCV prevalence from 4% and 13% in 2001 to 0.8% and 2.8% in 2014-2015, respectively (p < 0.05). Variables related to hemodialysis environment such as working shift and length of time on hemodialysis treatment were no longer associated to HCV and HBV exposure in 2014-2015. A high prevalence of self-reported hepatitis B vaccination was observed in both periods, but only 30% of the individuals showed serological profile of effective previous immunization, suggesting a low compliance with surveillance of hepatitis B immunization in hemodialysis centers. The significant decline in viral hepatitis B and C prevalence in hemodialysis patients in Tocantins underscores the importance of infection control measures, but the low frequency of protective serological profile after immunization against hepatitis B points to the need for greater vigilance of the patients’ vaccination. |
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Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantins, Northern Brazil |
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Decline in hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in Tocantins, Northern Brazil |
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