Hazards analysis, within departments and occupations, for hepatitis B virus among health care workers in Public Teaching Hospitals in Khartoum State; Sudan.

Background: Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) can lead to a range of clinical illnesses.

Objectives: To examine hazards of hepatitis B virus associated with clinical departments and occupations; among health care workers in Public Teaching Hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Methods: The study was a cross sectional, facility-based study.

Socio-demographic characteristics of health care workers and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in public teaching hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Background: HBV is second to tobacco as a known human carcinogen and the 10th leading cause of death worldwide.

Objectives: To examine the socio-demographic characteristics of health care workers and hepatitis B virus in Public Teaching Hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan, in 2004.

Methods: It was an observational, cross sectional, facility-based study.