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[Hepatitis A, B and C as desmoteric infections]

J Gaube1, H H Feucht, R Laufs

  • 1Justizvollzugsanstalt Wolfenbüttel, Universität Hamburg.

Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband Der Arzte Des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
|May 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Prison inmates show significantly higher rates of Hepatitis A, B, and C infections compared to the general population, indicating these are desmoteric diseases. However, HIV incidence in prisons is similar to the general population, suggesting it is not a desmoteric infection.

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