Document 0110
 DOCN  M9610110
 TI    [Hepatitis epidemic among drug addicts in Esbjerg from July 1993 to May
       1994]
 DT    9601
 AU    Hedberg JC; Gaub J; Medicinsk afdeling, Centralsygehuset i Esbjerg.
 SO    Ugeskr Laeger. 1995 Oct 9;157(41):5701-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96027186
 AB    During 11 months from July 1993 to May 1994 the Department of Internal
       Medicine at Esbjerg Centralsygehus saw 19 patients with acute hepatitis
       A, B and/or C. In a normal year one to three patients are admitted with
       acute viral hepatitis. Sixteen of the patients reported intravenous drug
       use, half of them only sporadically, i.e. once or twice a month. Acute
       hepatitis A, B and C were seen in seven different combinations, the most
       frequent being acute hepatitis B in a hepatitis C antibody positive
       patient. The occurrence of acute hepatitis A in this group of patients
       may be due to parenteral transmission. Among 10 patients tested for HIV
       antibodies, none were found to be positive. In Esbjerg, which is the
       fifth largest city in Denmark, an automat with clean needles and
       syringes was installed six months after the culmination of the epidemic.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Denmark/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Disease Outbreaks  English
       Abstract  Female  Hepatitis A/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Hepatitis
       B/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Hepatitis C/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Human  Male  Retrospective Studies  Socioeconomic Factors  Substance
       Abuse, Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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