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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性6 q. u- I# c: R
% M3 \! v5 j6 x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。! G! d, g+ k- D+ ~8 ^
0 S ~4 p4 I- Y2 A6 [5 \/ aSkuba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。4 C* x* u+ S. W
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自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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- E4 P# H' @2 i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。* B1 _& v% g l+ X0 ^# {
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( b: F) U2 i& K# u2 Z“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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+ U# f# ~, C- o$ c6 J, Y( z0 rPredy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。+ T& Z8 @* P5 y) [3 T
% {1 i: ~2 g; D5 i4 E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。
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# k t; p5 @! `# P5 u J5 z, |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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) L) J& ?2 b8 B. ~Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B& ?5 F/ V( v% ^; Q+ W: }) ^2 C3 S
Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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+ [5 k/ o8 {& } Q. W3 C6 ]: WPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.% K: W) u q) _4 _, @' b9 S+ ]
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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) & b* B& W! P4 k! f @, g! K# L; r
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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; S+ o8 y% w. Y, GWong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.
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, O* W3 Y3 P8 D8 c& D9 m) hWong has been practising in Edmonton since 2001.+ W8 O* o4 ]3 I) P% G6 Q
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC) ! h7 |7 l1 c: s2 ^" B
"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."+ f4 K' U* o# k/ a5 Q0 W
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Hepatitis 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.
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2 G; ~* a( N8 D; P: NOfficials 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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