Hepatitis C among risk groups for HIV and hepatitis B
Autor: | J Vincke, Jean Plum, Rudolf P. Mak, S Vanderschueren, Chris Verhofstede, L. Van Renterghem |
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Rok vydání: | 1991 |
Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sexual transmission HIV Infections Dermatology Hepacivirus Nursing Staff Hospital Virus Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Belgium HIV Seroprevalence Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Seroprevalence Humans Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine Hepatitis Antibodies Substance Abuse Intravenous 030505 public health biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Hepatitis C Homosexuality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Viral Hepatitis B medicine.disease Virology Sex Work Personnel Hospital Infectious Diseases Hemodialysis Units Hospital biology.protein Female Antibody 0305 other medical science business |
Zdroj: | International journal of STDAIDS. 2(3) |
ISSN: | 0956-4624 |
Popis: | In order to obtain more information on sexual transmission of hepatitis C (HCV) we compared different high-risk groups for HIV and hepatitis B to see if they were seropositive for HCV. A high seroprevalence (38/81) of hepatitis C (HCV) was found among intravenous drug users. Nursing staff ( n = 35) and patients of a dialysis unit ( n = 57) had a low prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies (0% and 5%, respectively). Serology laboratory technicians also had a very low prevalence (0% out of 29). Among prostitutes ( n = 114), healthy homosexual men ( n = 132) and HIV-infected homosexual men ( n = 31), we found a remarkably low seroprevalence of HCV (3.5%, 0.8% and 0.0% respectively). These data support the view that parenteral exposure to the virus is the most important way of acquiring the infection and that neither heterosexual nor homosexual promiscuity are associated with a high risk of transmission of hepatitis C. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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