IMPLEMENTATION OF HEPATITIS B VACCINATION AMONG STUDENTS OF SCHOOL OF ALLIED MEDICINE

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Background of Study

Hepatitis B is a disease caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) which infects the liver of hominoidae, including human, and cause an inflammation of the liver called hepatitis. The disease was originally known as "serum hepatitis" that caused epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa, and it is endemic in China. About a one third of the world's population or more than 2 billion people have been infected with the hepatitis B virus. This includes 350 million chronic carriers of the virus. Transmission of hepatitis B virus results from exposure to infectious blood or body fluids (Bryant, 1992)

Hepatitis B is also a potentially life-threatening liver infection which it is cause by hepatitis B virus and it is one of the major global health problems and it is the most serious type of hepatitis infection. Hepatitis can lead to chronic liver disease and somehow puts the people at a high risk of liver cirrhosis leading to liver cancer which can caused us even to death. Liver disease activity and prognosis have been reported to be generally more serious in the presence of double infection; although an inverse relationship in the replicative levels of the two agents has been noted, suggesting viral interference, particularly in cases of

chronic hepatitis. Thus, the two viruses seem to inhibit each other at the molecular level, while cytopathic effects appear to be enhanced.

The Hepatitis B vaccine is developed for the prevention of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). A course of three (3) vaccine injections are enough to prevent the infections if a person would response to the therapy. The vaccine is given after the person found to be negative which means the immune system is yet expose to ...

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...on and how students subjected themselves to the program as well.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Bryant, N.J. (ed). (1992). Laboratory Immunology and Serology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company

Cuevas, F. (2007). Public Health Nursing. Philippines: National League of Philippine Government nurses, Inc.

Travers, M.W. (1978). An Introduction to Educational Research. New York: Mac Millan Publishing Company.

Venancio, A.B. (1992). Basic Concepts and Methods in Research. Philippines: Great books Trading.

Unpublished book

Gabayno, et. al.,(2005). The level of Compliance on Hepatitis B Vaccination among Student of the School of Allied Medicine S.Y. 2005-2006 undergraduate thesis, (Universidad de Zamboanga)

Electronic Sources

Http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/86

Http://www.ashatd.org/learn/learn_hepatitisB.cffc7.glid=cJnP8p_MHaACFUIB6woidx2ZIKQ

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