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Abstract:
Study of 141 individuals attending a Sydney drug referral centre revealed considerable psychosocial maladjustment in the group. Seventy-five per cent showed serological evidence of hepatitis B virus infection, past or present, as compared with 13% of control subjects. Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen was found to be twice as frequent as a serological marker of HBV infection, as antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen. Prevalence rates of antibody to hepatitis A virus were similar in the drug and control groups. Hepatitis possibly due to hepatitis non A non B virus infection, was found in 14% of those with clinical and biochemical hepatitis at the time of the study.
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