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Long term follow up of 16 homosexual men and 78 intravenous drug abusers who were chronic carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) showed fundamental differences between the two groups. Viral replication, expressed by the presence of hepatitis B e antigen, lasted for four years or more in 10
Hepatitis A is an acute fecal-spread disease without chronicity. Gamma immunoglobulin is preventative. Eventually a vaccine will be used for those in developed countries, who have not acquired antibody in childhood. Hepatitis B is a blood-borne disease which can lead to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis,
We studied the presence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antibodies in a defined Malaysian population and examined the association, if any, between HCV and the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), using sensitive recombinant DNA second generation Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) test kits. This sero-prevalence study
Although the USA is considered an area of 'low' endemicity for hepatitis B infection, the incidence of new cases, the prevalence of carriers, and the burden of acute and chronic disease place hepatitis B among the most important communicable diseases. It is estimated that 300,000 new cases of
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the cancer risk in southern European men with, or at risk of, HIV infection.
METHODS
An analysis of longitudinal data to assess time-dependent rare events.
METHODS
Data from a cohort of HIV seroconverters, and from two hospital-based HIV seroprevalent cohorts were combined and