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- Title
Genoprevalence of TT virus among clinical and auxiliary UK dental healthcare workers: a pilot study.
- Authors
Bez, C.; Lodi, G.; Scully, C.; Porter, S.R.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>In 1997 a new human hepatotropic virus, TT virus (TTV), was identified. The clinical significance of TT virus infection remains unclear.<bold>Objective: </bold>To undertake an initial evaluation of the genoprevalence of TTV DNA among health care workers in the United Kingdom.<bold>Setting: </bold>A UK dental hospital.<bold>Study Design: </bold>The sera of 53 dental healthcare workers (9 dentists, 14 dental nurses and 30 office staff) were tested for the presence of TTV DNA using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).<bold>Results: </bold>TT virus DNA was detected in 3 out of 53 (5.7%) samples. This frequency of TTV carriage is similar to that of blood donors and healthy persons in the UK.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The present data suggest that dental healthcare workers in the UK are not at increased risk of nosocomial acquisition of TT virus.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; DENTAL personnel; DISEASES; PILOT projects; VIRUSES; DNA; OCCUPATIONAL exposure; VIREMIA; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CARRIER state (Communicable diseases); EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
British Dental Journal, 2000, Vol 189, Issue 10, p554
- ISSN
0007-0610
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bdj.4800827a