The Epidemiological Pattern of Hepatitis A, B, and Non-A, Non-B in Sweden

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Journal Scand J Gastroenterol

Publisher Informa Healthcare

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 1978 Jan 1

PMID 725509

Citations 10

Authors

G Norkrans

G Frosner

S HERMODSSON

N Nenonen

S Iwarson

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Abstract

In a clinical series of 148 patients with acute hepatitis, serological analysis of hepatitis A and hepatitis B markers revealed 16% of the cases as hepatitis type non-A, non-b. Hepatitis A was diagnosed in 27% of the patients with drug addicts as the predominating category, while serological evidence of hepatitis B infection was found in 57%, again with drug addicts in the majority. Drug addicts also predominated among the non-A, non-B cases, and possibly this category of patients is today the main reservoir not only of hepatitis B but also of hepatitis A and non-A, non-B.

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