| hepatitis b virus and hepatitis c virus in medical waste handlers in tripoli, libya. | medical waste handlers (mwhs) are at risk of exposure to serious viral infections. no data are available on the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) or human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) among mwhs in libya. during a one-year period (january to december 2004) blood samples from 300 (59 females) mwhs employed by a local contractor in tripoli and 300 blood samples from non-medical waste handlers (nmwhs) who had no direct or indirect contact with medical waste were examine ... | 2009 | 19443080 |