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7330757

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
In 1980-1981 a study for the presence of markers of hepatitis B virus was done among 2, 946 homosexual men living in The Netherlands, mainly in Amsterdam. Serologic evidence of a past or present hepatitis B infection was found in 60.3% of this group, and the prevalence differed significantly among the different age groups. Of the total population studied, 4.8% were positive for HBsAg. This prevalence is very high in comparison to that in the general Dutch population, among whom the prevalence of hepatitis B is low, as is shown by the fact that the prevalence of HBsAg was 0.22% among a large group of Dutch first-time blood donors. Another blood sample was collected two to 20 months after the first sample from 316 male homosexuals who were initially negative for hepatitis B markers. It was found that 36 persons had seroconverted, most of them without clinical manifestations of hepatitis. The annual attack rate of hepatitis B in this group was calculated as 27.6% and differed significantly among the different age groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0148-5717
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatitis B among homosexual men in The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't