Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Factors associated with seroprevalence of hepatitis C among dentists at a large Brazilian city | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Factors associated with seroprevalence of hepatitis C among dentists at a large Brazilian city Vera Lúcia S Resende41 Mauro Henrique G Abreu42 Saul M Paiva 43 Rosângela Teixeira44 and Isabela A Pordeus43 Open Access Address Department of Operative Dentistry Dental School Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil 2Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry Dental School Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil 3Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics Dental School Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil and 4Department of Internal Medicine Medical School Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil Email Vera Lúcia S Resende - silres@ Mauro Henrique G Abreu - maurohenriqueabreu@ Saul M Paiva - smpaiva@ Rosângela Teixeira - teixeira@ Isabela A Pordeus - isabelapordeus@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 23 December 2009 Received 14 October 2009 Accepted 23 December 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 228 doi I743-422X-6-228 This article is available from http content 6 1 228 2009 Resende et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the seroprevalence and sociodemographic data health-related and occupational factors and other correlates of sero-posivity among dentists in the city of Belo Horizonte MG Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 1302 dentists in Belo Horizonte Brazil. All dentists were tested for anti-HCV using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA . Individuals positive for anti-HCV were .
