A MAJOR EPIDEMIC OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS IN AN INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED

From April-September 1970, 375 clinically apparent cases of infectious hepatitis occurred among 3600 patients in an institution for the mentally retarded. Only one employee had clinically apparent hepatitis during the epidemic. The clinical to subclinical ratio of infection was approximately 2:1. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of epidemiology 1973-09, Vol.98 (3), p.199-215
Hauptverfasser:	MATTHEW, EARL B., DIETZMAN, DALE E., MADDEN, DAVID L., NEWMAN, STEVEN J., SEVER, JOHN L., NAGLER, BENEDICT, BOUTON, S. MILES, ROSTAFINSKI, MICHAEL
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	epidemic hepatitis immune serum globulin infectious institution for the mentally retarded
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