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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性6 k2 }6 K6 Y4 D- z0 _* V& e
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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。5 S: R* _1 m5 A/ t E/ v! S
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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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! Z% v7 F7 z7 c2 J2 q自从2001年，Wong一直在Edmonton实习。
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* {2 m8 b* f$ G4 P- m! n( {3 w& x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。7 U- z. @/ M- M/ Y6 h
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% i% _- }5 U+ V9 F“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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6 z* R" c. Z. @/ V( {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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& |; `. h3 s# t+ P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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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
$ t2 }' i& |: F6 n* S8 [Risk to patients is very low: health officials
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# I( X, D! E2 IPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.
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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# a( d- T! K, i: Q& y2 v: \' n' IThe 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., _& N; P* B/ v% I6 K, k7 t
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Wong approached the college in February, immediately after he was told of the positive test, Skuba said.0 m0 y0 _. v. }* m, R: m+ k
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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.: c: H c: D- z+ [0 p3 ~0 \
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Dr. Gerry Predy says the risk of infection to Byron Wong's patients is very small. (CBC)
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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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G" P6 B3 x6 F9 G# `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.6 Z# ^+ ~. o0 }5 E3 t
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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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