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HEPATITIS B INFECTIONS IN EXPATRIATE DOCTORS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Woodfield D. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb115267.x
Subject(s) - expatriate , new guinea , subclinical infection , hepatitis b , medicine , serology , hepatitis , hepatitis c , immunology , virology , antibody , geography , ethnology , history , archaeology
The frequency of hepatitis B infection in European doctors and non‐medical expatriates working in Papua New Guinea has been investigated. There was a higher rate of clinical hepatitis in doctors as compared with non‐medical personnel and serological evidence suggested that most of the infections were hepatitis B. Subclinical infections with hepatitis B in doctors were also common, and the frequency of hepatitis B antibody increased with length of stay in Papua New Guinea. The implications of these findings are discussed.