Publication: High prevalence of delta virus infection in Thai intravenous drug abusers.
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1988-06-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.19, No.2 (1988), 191-195
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S. Louisirirotchanakul, C. Wasi, C. Uneklabh, T. Phutiprawan, S. Suwanagool, T. Chainuvati, P. Thongcharoen High prevalence of delta virus infection in Thai intravenous drug abusers.. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.19, No.2 (1988), 191-195. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/15623
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High prevalence of delta virus infection in Thai intravenous drug abusers.
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The prevalence of antibodies to delta virus (anti-delta) in the selected groups of hepatitis B surface antigenemia population was investigated. The subjects were 84 intravenous drug abusers; 20 chronic hepatitis, 12 cirrhosis, 6 primary hepatocellular carcinoma and 46 asymptomatic healthy carriers. Anti-delta was detected in 65.48% of intravenous drug abusers, 11.11% of chronic active hepatitis and 8.33% of cirrhosis cases. None of asymptomatic carriers had anti-delta. In addition, 51 acute icteric hepatitis B patients who were positive for HBs Ag and 20 IV drug abusers positive for anti-HBc only (HBsAg and anti-HBs negative) were negative for anti-delta.