Hepatitis B and C Infection in an Institution for the Developmentally Handicapped

31 December 1992

journal article
letter
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 327 (27) , 1953
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199212313272713

Abstract

Infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been a serious problem for residents of institutions for the developmentally handicapped.¹ The recently discovered² hepatitis C virus (HCV) has similar risk factors, but the prevalence of infection with HCV in such institutions has not been reported.

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