Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Virus in Two Institutions Caring for Mentally Handicapped Adults-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Virus in Two Institutions Caring for Mentally Handicapped Adults

Published:1996-07 Issue:7 Volume:89 Page:401-402
ISSN:0141-0768
Container-title:Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:J R Soc Med

Author:

Cramp M E¹,Grundy H C²,Perinpanayagam R M³,Barnado D E¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton, London SW15 5PN

2. Pathology Department, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, England

3. Department of Pathology, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton, London SW15 5PN

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus infection is common in institutions caring for the mentally handicapped. Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus share routes of transmission but the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in this population is unknown. We have tested 101 patients from two institutions in South-East England caring for adults with mental handicap for the presence of hepatitis C antibody, hepatitis B core antibody, and if necessary hepatitis B surface antigen. None tested positive for hepatitis C antibody, but 43 had hepatitis B core antibody of whom 14 were chronic carriers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. Unlike hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus infection appears to be uncommon in UK institutions.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/014107689608900712

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