Approximately 15 to 20% of the general population in Taiwan are chronic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers. However, the incidence of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection is low (5-8%) in patients with HBsAg-positive chronic liver diseases in this area. To evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis
Hepatitis D virus infection among prostitutes in Taiwan
β Scribed by JAW-CHING WU; YUAN-JEN WANG; SHINN-JANG HWANG; TRONG-ZONG CHEN; YU-SHINN WANG; HWA-CHEN LIN; SHOU-DONG LEE; WEN-YUNG SHENG
- Book ID
- 118704261
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 326 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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Multivariate analysis of the risk factors for hepatitis D virus infection among 53 men with acute hepatitis D virus superinfection, 59 men with acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B and 54 asymptomatic male hepatitis B carriers revealed that sexual contact with prostitutes and use of nondisposab