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Hepatitis B virus and delta infection in male homosexuals

Bengt-göran HanssonJ. SlusarczykK H Meyer Zum BüschenfeldeU. BienzleGeorg Hess

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MaleHBsAgmedicine.disease_causeLiver diseaseLiver Function TestsDelta infectionHumansMedicineHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B virusHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatologybusiness.industryHepatobiliary diseasevirus diseasesHomosexualityHepatitis BHepatitis Bmedicine.diseaseVirologyHepatitis Ddigestive system diseasesBerlinImmunoglobulin MDNA ViralImmunologyViral diseasebusinessViral hepatitis

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— Six hundred and sixty-six homosexuals were analysed in respect of hepatitis B virus and delta infections. Evidence of ongoing or recent hepatitis B virus infection was found in 450/666 (67.6%) homosexuals; 44 were HBsAg positive. Anti-delta was found in two HBsAg-positive homosexuals. Both individuals had a non-replicative form of HBV infection and biochemical evidence of liver disease. The study confirms that HBV infection is frequent in homosexuals and indicates that delta-infection is rare in male homosexuals.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-12-10Liver
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0676.1986.tb00262.x