Questionnaire-based risk-assessment and screening for viral hepatitis in a county hospital in Hungary

Introduction: Less than half of people infected with hepatitis B or C viruses (HBV, HCV) are aware of their infection, which may be recognized at many cases only in advanced stage of related liver diseases (cirrhosis and/or cancer). Aims and methods: Prevalence of HBV/HCV infections, and applicability of a 17-point hepatitis risk-assessment questionnaire (HRAQ) have been analyzed in a voluntary screening program in 1388 in- and outpatients and 192 healthcare workers (HCW) of Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital based on parallel HBsAg and anti-HCV serology. None of them were previously aware of such infect…