Source of Infection Due to Hepatitis B Virus in Greece

Source of Infection Due to Hepatitis B Virus in Greece

The possible source of infection due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) was investigated in 260 hospitalized adult patients with acute infections. Blood transfusions (30 patients, 11.5%), illicit drug use (16 patients, 6.2%), homosexuality (five patients, 1.9%), and possible iatrogenic transmission (77 pati...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1983-06, Vol.147 (6), p.987-989
Hauptverfasser: Papaevangelou, George, Roumeliotou-Karayannis, Anastasia, Tassopoulos, Nikolaos, Kolaitis, Nikolaos, Stathopoulou, Paparskevi
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Carrier State - immunology
Clinical Investigation
Drug carriers
Female
Greece
Hepatitis
Hepatitis antigens
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B - etiology
Hepatitis B - immunology
Hepatitis B - transmission
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis
Hepatitis B virus
Hospital admissions
Humans
Infections
Male
Sex Factors
Sexual partners
Sexual transmission
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - transmission
Spouses
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Zusammenfassung:The possible source of infection due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) was investigated in 260 hospitalized adult patients with acute infections. Blood transfusions (30 patients, 11.5%), illicit drug use (16 patients, 6.2%), homosexuality (five patients, 1.9%), and possible iatrogenic transmission (77 patients, 29.6%) accounted for
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/147.6.987