Hepatitis B Infection in a Day School of Mentally Retarded Students: Transmission from Students to Staff.

Remis, Robert S.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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Hepatitis B Infection in a Day School of Mentally Retarded Students: Transmission from Students to Staff.

Remis, Robert S.; And Others

American Journal of Public Health, v77 n9 p1183-6 Sep 1987

Teaching Staff in day schools for mentally retarded students with direct classroom contact may carry an occupational risk of HBV infection. A seroepidemiologic study associated the prevalence of HBV markers with classroom contact with an HBsAg-positive student, duration of employment at school, and previous work with mentally retarded individuals. (PS)

Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Day Schools, Exceptional Persons, Mental Retardation, Occupational Diseases, Occupational Safety and Health, Physical Health, Special Health Problems, Work Environment

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