| [routines for infection testing and vaccination against hepatitis b among applicants for asylum. a questionnaire study among health personnel responsible for reception of asylum applicants]. | the authors performed a questionnaire survey to investigate the current routines for screening applicants for asylum for hepatitis b virus, hiv and intestinal parasites, and for vaccination against hepatitis b. the response rate was 82% (n = 80). of the respondents, 58% were physicians, 23% public health nurses and 18% nurses. without regard to country of origin of the applicant 71% of the health personnel usually offer an hiv-test and 77% an hbsag-test. few differentiated their testing routines ... | 1995 | 8539694 |
| epidemiology of acute and chronic hepatitis b virus infection in norway, 1992-2009. | abstract: background: norway is classified as a low prevalence country for hepatitis b virus infection. vaccination is only recommended for risk groups (intravenous drug users (idus), men who have sex with men (msm), immigrants and contacts of known carriers). we describe the epidemiology of reported cases of hepatitis b in norway, during the years 1992-2009 in order to assess the validity of current risk groups and recommend preventive measures. methods: we used case based data from the nationa ... | 2011 | 21615904 |
| the spectrum of hepatobiliary disease in primary hypogammaglobulinaemia. | to study the prevalence of hepatobiliary disease in a clinically and immunologically well-characterized group of 88 adult norwegian patients with primary hypogammaglobulinaemia. | 1999 | 10363753 |
| [exposure to blood among hospital physicians]. | we used a questionnaire to study the working situation of physicians in two large norwegian hospitals. during the last six months 40% of the doctors reported one or more episodes of exposure to blood when transfer of infectious agents such as hepatitis b-virus or hiv would have been possible. the fact that so many doctors had been exposed to blood conflicts with the low number reported to the hospital department of the occupational health service. surprisingly, 40% of the physicians who reported ... | 1993 | 8424245 |
| prevalence of hepatitis a antibodies in a normal population and some selected groups of patients in norway. | the prevalence of hepatitis a virus antibodies was tested by radioimmunoassay in norway in healthy blood donors, in patients without clinical signs of liver diseases and in two selected groups of patients. the presence of hepatitis a antibodies was highly age-dependent in 625 normal persons. a major reduction occurred from 50 per cent or more in those born before 1938 to 10 per cent or less among those born after 1943. the decline of hepatitis a antibody prevalence was correlated to the history ... | 1982 | 7058777 |
| hepatitis b serum markers and oral health in a group of norwegian male prisoners. | in 138 male norwegian prisoners the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) serum markers was 30.4% and closely related to their drug abuse. the highest frequency of the markers (82.8%) was found in young drug addicts admitting intravenous abuse and the lowest (14.3%) in prisoners denying such abuse. for comparison, the frequency of hbv serum markers in the general male population in norway is about 4.1%. in young prisoners (less than 30 years), dmf teeth, percentage of gingival bleeding, and perc ... | 1984 | 6585124 |
| antibody to hepatitis b surface antigen among employees in the national hospital, oslo, norway: a prevalence study. | during the last decade, several studies of serologic markers of hepatitis b virus infections in hospital personnel have demonstrated an increased prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis b virus (anti-hb) compared with the general population. norway has a very low incidence rate of hepatitis b as seen on a global scale, and this study was performed to evaluate the infection risk by hospital workers in such environments. the employees, 2,546 (94.7% of the population), in the 800-bed national hospita ... | 1985 | 4014189 |