V.G. Akimkin, T.A. Semenenko, G.Y. Nikotina, M.A. Godkov, S.V. Skvortsov. Epidemiology of Hepatitis B and C in Healthcare Institutions. Moscow, Bionika, 2013, 216 p.

Introductory note by member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences V.I. Pokrovsky.

Reviewers: correspondent members of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences M.I. Mikhaylov and I.V. Shakhgildyan.
The monograph describes specifics of the epidemiology of hepatitis B and C as hospital-acquired infections; characterizes incidence of hepatitis virus infection markers among patients and medical staff; it gives data on the paths and factors of transmitting agents in hospital units of various profiles. The key areas of disease prevention in a multidisciplinary healthcare institution are reviewed; the epidemiological and immunological efficiency of specific prophylaxis of hepatitis B among medical staff and certain categories of patients using the Russian vaccine.

The monograph is intended for epidemiologists, health officials, specialists of territorial departments and centers of Rospotrebnadzor, teachers of preventive medicine departments of higher educational establishments, students and doctors taking training courses or getting post-graduate education.

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