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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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今天（周二）公共卫生署说，他们正在寻找1,400名病人，因为给这些病人看病的牙医其乙肝化验结果呈阳性。
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Alberta牙医协会与牙医学院主席，Jonathan Skuba博士今天下午在新闻发布会上告诉记者，37岁的牙医，Byron Wong，眼目前已经自动停止了他的实习，正主动配合卫生当局确保能找到所有这些病人。
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2 P3 K4 j0 n8 [- I4 U9 uSkuba说，今年二月，当Wong被告知自己的乙肝化验呈阳性时，他立刻通知了牙医学院。
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。1 s' \$ ^7 q9 ]0 R" Z
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& R% a2 i! a# L! m目前看来，病人被传染的可能性很小。卫生署医药官员，Gerry Predy博士在今天的新闻发布会上说。
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“我们对该牙医传染乙肝病毒的危险性进行了风险分析，结果显示，传染的可能性非常小。我们估计其可能性大约在万分之一到时万分之一，可能接近十万分之一。”
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; x4 F2 P4 b* H- H/ z0 uPredy说，自从九十年代中期以来，乙肝预防一直是本省各学校免疫工程的一部分，所以20岁以下人群因该不至于被传染。
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- c" {0 O# Q5 @8 V由于可能性如此之小，官方甚至曾辩论是否有必要发布一个“公开警告”，但是，最终他们认为应该将情况告知大众。- c5 W& c2 G g0 p
$ ~) x2 e8 `6 {3 q5 F! v近期，首都卫生署将开始接触Wong医生的1400个病人，对他们进行乙肝化验，这需要花费几个月的时间。
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.: m6 a2 A( f% u# U5 a; r
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Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) : r! o4 t# P$ h0 M' Z
The dentist, identified as Dr. Byron Wong, 37, has voluntarily stopped his practice, and is co-operating with the health authority to ensure all patients are contacted, Dr. Jonathan Skuba, president of the Alberta Dentist Association and College, told a news conference Tuesday afternoon.8 z5 n- R! z- d1 b+ p( e
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.% E* K) o- V' J, _ w( n% H
8 @, k( f* X+ I& a4 `0 sWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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3 {4 @$ ~+ o$ x5 R/ |"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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- l/ m! {- X( }$ N9 \) U" ~/ f& HDr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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. G5 |. a6 F4 THepatitis B has been part of the province's school immunization program since the mid-1990s, so most people aged up to the mid-20s should be protected, Predy said.% @' J2 G$ T- a5 s
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Officials even debated whether to issue a public warning because the risk is so small, but in the end, they concluded people would want to know, Predy said.
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Capital Health will start contacting Wong's 1,400 patients in the near future to offer them hepatitis B tests, a process that was expected to take a couple of months. |
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