Infection by hepatitis B and C virus in female and transsexual Greek prostitutes with serological evidence of active syphilis.

Two hundred and thirty female and 43 male-to-female transsexual Greek prostitutes were screened for serological evidence of active syphilis as judged by positivity in both rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test and treponemal (FTA-ABS and TPHA) tests. The rate of active syphilis was 20.9% in the male-to-female transsexual prostitutes and 4.

Hazards of baby walkers in a European context.

Objectives: To identify conditions related to baby walker injuries in a Greek population.

Design: Analysis of all baby walker related injuries recorded during a 12 month period by the childhood injury surveillance system established in one of the two teaching hospitals for children serving the population of Athens.

Setting: Emergency clinics of A Kyriakou Children's Hospital in Athens, Greece.

Biosocial variables and auditory acuity as risk factors for non-fatal childhood injuries in Greece.

Objectives: To examine whether biosocial variables and auditory acuity are risk factors for injuries among children.

Setting: Children with injuries who presented at the emergency clinics of one of the two university hospitals for children in Athens, Greece between December 1993 and April 1994.

Methods: 144 children aged 5-14 years, residents of Athens, were brought to the emergency clinics for a moderate to severe injury.

Evaluation of the immunogenicity of a recombinant vaccine against hepatitis B containing S and pre-S2 sequences using two different schedules.

The immunogenicities of hepatitis B virus vaccines containing S and pre-S2 regions were compared using two different schedules of immunization (A: 0-1-2-12 months and B: 0-1-6 months). Two hundred males and females aged 17-22 years were vaccinated with 20 micrograms per dose. The follow-up period was extended up to 13 months.