GLOBAL BURDEN OF HEPATITIS B, SEROPREVALENCE OF SEROLOGICAL MARKERS OF HEPPATITIS B VIRUS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A REVIEW

NANULI NINASHVILI; IRAKLI MCHEDLISHVILI; KHATUNA TCHAAVA; NATIA SHAVDIA; NINO GEGESHIDZE; MIKHEIL SHAVDIA

doi:10.52340/jecm.2024.04.24

GLOBAL BURDEN OF HEPATITIS B, SEROPREVALENCE OF SEROLOGICAL MARKERS OF HEPPATITIS B VIRUS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A REVIEW

Authors

NANULI NINASHVILI Tbilisi State Medical University
IRAKLI MCHEDLISHVILI Tbilisi State Medical University
KHATUNA TCHAAVA Tbilisi State Medical University
NATIA SHAVDIA Georgian National University SEU
NINO GEGESHIDZE Tbilisi State Medical University
MIKHEIL SHAVDIA Tbilisi State Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/jecm.2024.04.24

Keywords:

Hepatitis B, Serological Markers, Health Care Workers

Abstract

The article deals with one of the current issues of public health - the morbidity of hepatitis B virus infection and the spread of serological markers of hepatitis B virus among medical personnel. Risk factors associated with high endemicity of infection have been identified, the assessment and management of which requires the development of a new strategy.

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