High prevalence of delta virus infection in Thai intravenous drug abusers.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1988 Jun; 19(2): 191-5
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32651
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of antibodies to delta virus (anti-delta) in the selected groups of hepatitis B surface antigenemia population was investigated. The subjects were 84 intravenous drug abusers; 20 chronic hepatitis, 12 cirrhosis, 6 primary hepatocellular carcinoma and 46 asymptomatic healthy carriers. Anti-delta was detected in 65.48% of intravenous drug abusers, 11.11% of chronic active hepatitis and 8.33% of cirrhosis cases. None of asymptomatic carriers had anti-delta. In addition, 51 acute icteric hepatitis B patients who were positive for HBs Ag and 20 IV drug abusers positive for anti-HBc only (HBsAg and anti-HBs negative) were negative for anti-delta.
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Assunto principal:
Tailândia
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Hepatite D
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Vírus Delta da Hepatite
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Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite
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Adulto
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Hepatite B
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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