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To the Editor: Harpaz et al. (Feb. 29 issue)¹ provide a well-documented description of the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from a surgeon to at least 19 patients. The surgeon received the diagnosis of hepatitis B in February 1992, after the development of fatigue and jaundice; serum assays for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen were positive. The surgeon returned to practice in March 1992, when his symptoms abated, without further serologic evaluation to determine potential HBV infectivity. In July 1992, the surgeon was still positive for both HBsAg and hepatitis B . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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