W.Va - State holds hepatitis B summit to raise awareness

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May 19, 2010

State holds hepatitis summit to raise awareness

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

By The Associated Press

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SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

The W.Va. Viral Hepatitis B Summit, hosted by the state Office of Epidemiology

and Preventative Services, is scheduled Thursday, May 20, at the Ramada Plaza

Hotel in South ton.

State figures show the number of reported hepatitis B cases in West Virginia

increased from 69 in 2005 to 84 in 2009.

Sharing needles and other equipment for drug use is the biggest factor in the

state's high rate of hepatitis B cases, said Loretta Haddy, director of the

state epidemiology office.

" That's what is indicated on the reports we have received on hepatitis B, and

that's all we really have to go on,'' Haddy said. " With the culture and

population of injecting drug users in those counties, we can identify risk

behavior like that and try to intervene and target those populations and

minimize transmission and get out educational messages.''

Other risk factors include having unprotected sex, especially men with other

men, having many sex partners, or having had another sexually transmitted

disease.

Hepatitis B causes inflammation, jaundice and vomiting. The illness is caused by

a virus that infects the liver and is rarely fatal.

The virus can survive outside the body for up to seven days, said Graham,

coordinator of the Adult Viral Hepatitis Program for the state Bureau for Public

Health.

Thirty local health departments, two jails and two substance abuse centers in

the state offer free vaccines, Graham said. Preventative education also is

provided.

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May 19, 2010

State holds hepatitis summit to raise awareness

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

By The Associated Press

Advertiser

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

The W.Va. Viral Hepatitis B Summit, hosted by the state Office of Epidemiology

and Preventative Services, is scheduled Thursday, May 20, at the Ramada Plaza

Hotel in South ton.

State figures show the number of reported hepatitis B cases in West Virginia

increased from 69 in 2005 to 84 in 2009.

Sharing needles and other equipment for drug use is the biggest factor in the

state's high rate of hepatitis B cases, said Loretta Haddy, director of the

state epidemiology office.

" That's what is indicated on the reports we have received on hepatitis B, and

that's all we really have to go on,'' Haddy said. " With the culture and

population of injecting drug users in those counties, we can identify risk

behavior like that and try to intervene and target those populations and

minimize transmission and get out educational messages.''

Other risk factors include having unprotected sex, especially men with other

men, having many sex partners, or having had another sexually transmitted

disease.

Hepatitis B causes inflammation, jaundice and vomiting. The illness is caused by

a virus that infects the liver and is rarely fatal.

The virus can survive outside the body for up to seven days, said Graham,

coordinator of the Adult Viral Hepatitis Program for the state Bureau for Public

Health.

Thirty local health departments, two jails and two substance abuse centers in

the state offer free vaccines, Graham said. Preventative education also is

provided.

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May 19, 2010

State holds hepatitis summit to raise awareness

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

By The Associated Press

Advertiser

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

The W.Va. Viral Hepatitis B Summit, hosted by the state Office of Epidemiology

and Preventative Services, is scheduled Thursday, May 20, at the Ramada Plaza

Hotel in South ton.

State figures show the number of reported hepatitis B cases in West Virginia

increased from 69 in 2005 to 84 in 2009.

Sharing needles and other equipment for drug use is the biggest factor in the

state's high rate of hepatitis B cases, said Loretta Haddy, director of the

state epidemiology office.

" That's what is indicated on the reports we have received on hepatitis B, and

that's all we really have to go on,'' Haddy said. " With the culture and

population of injecting drug users in those counties, we can identify risk

behavior like that and try to intervene and target those populations and

minimize transmission and get out educational messages.''

Other risk factors include having unprotected sex, especially men with other

men, having many sex partners, or having had another sexually transmitted

disease.

Hepatitis B causes inflammation, jaundice and vomiting. The illness is caused by

a virus that infects the liver and is rarely fatal.

The virus can survive outside the body for up to seven days, said Graham,

coordinator of the Adult Viral Hepatitis Program for the state Bureau for Public

Health.

Thirty local health departments, two jails and two substance abuse centers in

the state offer free vaccines, Graham said. Preventative education also is

provided.

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May 19, 2010

State holds hepatitis summit to raise awareness

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

By The Associated Press

Advertiser

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia health officials are holding a summit

to raise awareness about the prevalence of hepatitis B in the state.

The W.Va. Viral Hepatitis B Summit, hosted by the state Office of Epidemiology

and Preventative Services, is scheduled Thursday, May 20, at the Ramada Plaza

Hotel in South ton.

State figures show the number of reported hepatitis B cases in West Virginia

increased from 69 in 2005 to 84 in 2009.

Sharing needles and other equipment for drug use is the biggest factor in the

state's high rate of hepatitis B cases, said Loretta Haddy, director of the

state epidemiology office.

" That's what is indicated on the reports we have received on hepatitis B, and

that's all we really have to go on,'' Haddy said. " With the culture and

population of injecting drug users in those counties, we can identify risk

behavior like that and try to intervene and target those populations and

minimize transmission and get out educational messages.''

Other risk factors include having unprotected sex, especially men with other

men, having many sex partners, or having had another sexually transmitted

disease.

Hepatitis B causes inflammation, jaundice and vomiting. The illness is caused by

a virus that infects the liver and is rarely fatal.

The virus can survive outside the body for up to seven days, said Graham,

coordinator of the Adult Viral Hepatitis Program for the state Bureau for Public

Health.

Thirty local health departments, two jails and two substance abuse centers in

the state offer free vaccines, Graham said. Preventative education also is

provided.

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