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Acute hepatitis B in Western Sweden--genotypes and transmission routes.
Infection - 1 Jan 2000
Lindh M, Horal P, Norkrans G
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study of acute hepatitis B (AHB) during 1995-1996 in Göteborg, Sweden, was carried out to investigate whether the increasing number of hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers due to immigration in northwestern Europe has influenced the incidence or genotype heterogenicity. 24 cases of AHB were identified, the probable transmission route of which was intravenous drug use (IVDU) in 11 (46%), heterosexual...
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