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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性
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; L: m6 K6 @- t) v# [2 V3 ^. J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。- F: T: r4 F1 h1 k+ J
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Skuba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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0 L, Z$ O# ]* L' }4 B9 N自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。; g: M( \: L; A" } l( O. O1 ]8 [
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; y) h! b$ P& E6 w C& g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。”/ R" X* S* V' \: K2 s! V* a; m
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Predy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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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。* j, y9 ?3 h: o- q* a
4 U7 i3 u& Q- F/ H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.! y1 r* ^3 y. [% [; P" R& K3 w: h2 } A
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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) 0 @: Q) Q; t. t# y
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.
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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Wong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.
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"The risk to patients is very small," Dr. Gerry Predy, medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ' {9 X2 t* y4 w# r& J2 ^1 e
"We did a risk analysis of the potential risk of this dentist transmitting the effect to his patient, and the risk is very small. We estimate somewhere 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 100,000, probably close to the 1 in 100,000 figure."
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3 g& w* I9 ^* ]; |' 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.- H% F& W: {& Z6 r. R7 E4 z
( P% X' W1 O( k/ A7 R1 yOfficials 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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