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咱屯一华人牙医的乙肝化验呈阳性4 J% y4 x% ^) ?$ J- h0 C
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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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' K+ [* R- B8 R; s# W( m: {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。1 n$ ]! V0 A2 M) i
$ T. p# V/ ^" A$ m1 ?" sSkuba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。" V6 t, g$ s6 w3 Q' i% ~
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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。) r9 c0 c$ S% A2 }; W" l+ i9 o6 F
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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。”% I2 A3 Y4 m/ s; u+ k% w
: I5 K+ W% S" v& A4 }+ BPredy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。; ~& j! ]; p; ?- s# ?! a" z
, M E0 D( y) V" e+ b$ |. n v( 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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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。% G4 s, `8 h; x' L) V. X8 g
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Edmonton dentist tests positive for hepatitis B
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Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 5:00 PM MT Comments7Recommend14CBC News
/ ^7 {3 B6 L4 m6 h& _! V# M: {Public health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of an Edmonton dentist after he tested positive for hepatitis B, Capital Health said Tuesday.6 x3 `5 Q, t) B+ m# r
5 k1 O; g0 U! L5 ~$ F$ UPublic health officials are contacting 1,400 patients of Edmonton dentist Dr. Byron Wong after he tested positive for hepatitis B. (CBC) ) w7 H* ], s! f$ g+ I8 E
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.. `% `: f, Y. J3 a6 p
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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.6 v7 [- _% Y. i; |% w
" c5 R" p; Y& }( W& A5 gDr. 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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: x2 z8 m- I4 c' TOfficials 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.7 w- u7 }7 `4 a6 |! u2 q, E% I
1 J, U6 ]0 \& S% _( t5 j$ MCapital 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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