Viral Hepatitis and the Drug Cult: A Brief Socioepidemiological Study in Sydney
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 10 (2) , 157-161
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1980.tb03704.x
Abstract
Study of 141 [human] individuals attending a Sydney [Australia] drug referral center revealed considerable psychosocial maladjustment in the group. Serological evidence of hepatitis B virus [HBV] infection, past or present, was found in 75% as compared with 13% of control subjects. Antibody [Ab] to hepatitis B core antigen [HBcAg] was twice as frequent as a serological marker of HBV infection as Ab to HB surface Ag. Prevalence rates of Ab to hepatitis A virus were similar in the drug and control groups. Hepatitis possibly due to hepatitis non-A non-B virus infection was found in 14% of those with clinical and biochemical hepatitis at the time of the study.Keywords
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