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Hepatitis, Everything from A to E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What is my risk of acquiring hepatitis?
Is there any treatment for hepatitis? What are the consequences of hepatitis? What is being done to control hepatitis? |
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B) Selected patients and patients contacts:
Patients and staff in hemodialysis units and hematology/oncology units Patients requiring frequent and/or large-volume blood transfusion or clotting factor concentrates Residents and staff of institutions for the mentally handicapped Household and other intimate contacts of people with persistent hepatitis B antigen in their blood Certain military personnel Morticians and embalmers Blood bank and plasma fractionation workers People at increased risk of the disease due to their sexual practices (e.g., people who repeatedly contract sexually transmitted disease; homosexually active males; female prostitutes.) Users of illicit injectable drugs. |
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