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The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among prisoners in Hungary. first data of the first Hungarian survey
G Horváth, K Werling, B Gasztonyi, I Nagy · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2008 · Heft 05
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Introduction: Nowadays, since the introduction of the screening of the blood donors, the highest risk groups for HCV infection has become the intravenous drug users (IVDU) and prisoners. About 100 times higher ratio of HCV infection was reported among captives in the EU. The anti-HCV positivity is 60% of the prisoners, and 90% of the prisoners with IVDU in the countries recently jointed in the EU, respectively. Almost all of the risk factors of the HCV infection – IVDU, tattoo, piercing, homosexuality, promiscuity, alcoholism, infected persons in the surroundings – are present in captives in Hungary, as well as…
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Blood
Hepatitis
Blood Donors
Alcoholism
Population
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