| rising incidence of hepatitis b-related hepatocellular carcinoma in south australia: 1996-2010. | chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is likely to be an important driver of increasing hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) incidence in australia. however, there is paucity of australian data on hbv-related hcc incidence or outcomes. | 2016 | 27130077 |
| assessing the clinical and economic impact of increasing treatment uptake in chronic hepatitis b infection using a markov model. | treatment uptake in chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is low in south australia and the cost-effectiveness of increasing treatment uptake rates in this population has not been assessed. | 2016 | 28002881 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c infection in pregnant women in south australia. | to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) seropositivity and known risk factors for hcv infection in a group of pregnant women. | 1997 | 9397060 |
| history of hepatitis b vaccination in new zealand: lessons for australia? | recognition of the high prevalence of and the problems caused by the hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in the north island of new zealand is largely due to the observations and work of one man, alexander milne. this article outlines the history of the events that led up to the culmination of his team's work--a national hepatitis vaccination strategy for new zealand children. the situation in australia is reassessed in the light of the new zealand example with data based on benefit-cost analysis ... | 1993 | 8286494 |
| sharps injury and body fluid exposure among health care workers in an australian tertiary hospital. | to examine sharps injury and body fluid exposure among health care workers, a descriptive epidemiological study was conducted in a 1000-bed tertiary hospital between 2000 and 2003 using surveillance data of all reported sharps injuries and body fluid exposures. a total of 640 sharps injuries and body fluid exposures were reported from hospital and nonhospital staff, although no seroconversions to hiv, hepatitis b virus, or hepatitis c virus were observed during the study period. nurses reported ... | 2008 | 19124307 |