Of 426 hospital staff tested for hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBS) by the
radioimmunoassay method 57 (13.4%) had positive results. Laboratory staff had the highest …

The frequency of hepatitis B antigen and antibody among health-care personnel was
compared with that among matched controls with no exposure to patients or blood products …

To identify occupational categories and work areas of possible risk for acquisition of
nosocomial hepatitis B by hospital personnel, serologic sampling for hepatitis B surface …

Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen was detected by radioimmunoprecipitation in 74 (5·
5%) of 1336 staff members in a large general hospital in Edinburgh, in 14 (2· 9%) of 480 …

HBsAg and anti-HBs positivity was determined in hospital laboratory workers and
nonlaboratory hospital workers (controls) matched for race and sex and adjusted for age …

Sera from individuals with different degrees of exposure to the agent of hepatitis B were
tested for antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HB-s) by passive hemagglutination …

Hepatitis B surface and core antibodies were measured in 512 community hospital
employees at increased risk for developing infection with hepatitis B virus. Antibody was …

Abstract Levy, BS (128 Hollis St., Sherborn, MA 01770), JC Harris, JL Smith, JW Washburn,
J. Mature, A. Davis, JT Crosson, H. Polesky and M. Hanson. Hepatitis B in ward and clinical …

The risk of acquiring hepatitis associated with work in a moderate-sized acute-care teaching
hospital was determined by a seroepidemiologic survey of hepatitis B surface antigen and …

Abstract King, SM, DA Jarvis, J. Shaw, HS Shannon, PJ Middleton, R. Gold, and EL Ford-
Jones (The Hospital for Sick Children, U. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8) …