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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).