The seroprevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were determined among 1,497 heterosexuals with no history of intravenous drug use (median age 32, range 15-78) treated at a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Rome. A total of 329 (22.0%) had antibodies to HBV core antigen
Coincidence of Hepatitis B-Virus Markers and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Different STD-Risk Groups
β Scribed by Stary, Angelika; Kopp, Wolfgang; Heller-Vitouch, Claudia
- Book ID
- 121910376
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 803 KB
- Volume
- 276
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-8840
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