| selective immunisation strategy to protect newborns at risk for transmission of hepatitis b: retrospective audit of vaccine uptake. | 90% of newborns infected perinatally will develop chronic hepatitis b infection with the risk of liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. in switzerland, screening of all pregnant women for hepatitis b virus (hbv) has been recommended since 1983. neonates at risk for perinatally acquired hbv are passively and actively immunised immediately after birth as well as at 1 and 6 months of age. the objective of this study was to evaluate the proportion of newborns immunised in accordance with the p ... | 2007 | 17990143 |
| [incidence of hbsag in symptom-free pregnant women. results of screening at the university of zurich gynecology clinic]. | passive and active immunization prevent materno-fetal and postnatal hepatitis b-virus infection. precondition for interruption of perinatal transmission is knowledge of the mothers' hepatitis b markers before delivery. in switzerland the prevalence of chronic asymptomatic pregnant hbsag carriers is not known. from february to december 1983 all pregnant women at the obstetric clinic, university hospital of zurich were screened for hbsag. 30 out of 2550 women were hbsag positive (1.2%); the preval ... | 1984 | 6740296 |
| an account of a pilot hepatitis b vaccination programme for high-risk individuals in zürich. | | 1983 | 6674373 |
| [post-transfusion hepatitis in the zürich region]. | in the years 1979 to 1983 approximately 350,000 units of blood were transfused in the area of zurich. during the same period 45 cases of posttransfusion hepatitis were reported. in 12 of these cases transfusion could be excluded as cause of the hepatitis. in another 26 cases it was not possible to prove a connection between the blood transfusion and the hepatitis. only in 7 cases was blood transfusion proved to be responsible for posttransfusion hepatitis: in 3 cases blood positive for hbs-ag wa ... | 1986 | 3094143 |
| [the hiv patient in the surgical emergency unit]. | at the emergency station of the surgical department of the university hospital in zurich, 90% of the group with high risk of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus are intravenous drug abusers and 10% are promiscuous homosexuals. when compared with the group of i.v. drug addicts, the group of homosexual patients is small, as homosexual behaviour is not recognised and drug consumption and surgical emergency cases occur more often with i.v. drug addicts than with homosexuals. surgical ill ... | 1989 | 2704921 |
| [infection with hepatitis viruses hav, hbv and hcv as well as with aids virus hiv in drug addicts of the zurich street scene--a prevalence study]. | 382 i.v. drug abusers were tested for a past or ongoing infection with the hepatitis viruses a (hav), b (hbv), the newly discovered c (hcv) and with the aids virus hiv. the cohort studied was representative for i.v. drug users of the zurich street scene including occasional users, weekend users and severe drug addicts. 56% of the drug users tested showed hbv markers. 21% had an ongoing infection. 32% were naturally hbv immune and 4% showed immunity due to vaccination. hav markers were detected i ... | 1990 | 2160123 |