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Prevalence of Australia antigen (HBsAg) in institutionalised patients with psychosis
S Chaudhury1, S Chandra, M Augustine
1Mental Hospital Bareilly, India.
Abstract:
In a study of 100 institutionalised patients with psychosis and an equal number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls from the same regional background, the prevalence of Australia antigen (HBsAg) was 11 and 2, respectively. Institutionalised psychotic patients are a high-risk group for hepatitis B virus infection.