Title of article
Commentary on: Knowledge, attitude and practice of Iranian medical specialists regarding hepatitis B and C virus infection
Author/Authors
Bagheri Lankarani, Kamran Gastroenterology and Liver Disease - Health Policy Research Center - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz , Zamiri, Nima Gastroenterology and Liver Disease - Health Policy Research Center - Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz
Pages
3
From page
41
To page
43
Abstract
We have read with interest the article on “Knowledge, Attitude
and Practice of Iranian Medical Specialists regarding Hepatitis
B and C” by Kabir and colleagues (1). Although the authors
have previously published several papers on the same issue,
this recent survey has revealed several important findings we
wish to emphasize (2). In this study the overall knowledge of
physicians regarding preventive measures of viral hepatitis is
shown to be relatively low. Interestingly, physicians’ knowledge
of viral hepatitis C was significantly lower than viral hepatitis
B. Despite the growing epidemic of viral hepatitis C and the decreasing
burden of viral hepatitis B, it seems that the medical
community and health-care workers (HCWs), are not familiar
with this changing epidemiology of viral hepatitis (3-5).
Keywords
Knowledge , Attitude , Practice , Iran , Hepatitis B Virus , Hepatitis C Virus
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2011
Record number
2424078
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