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Factors associated with fulminant liver failure during an outbreak among injection drug users with acute hepatitis B.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 2004

Garfein Richard S, Bower William A, Loney Cherry M, Hutin Yvan J F, Xia Guo-Liang, Jawanda Jaspaul, Groom Amy V, Nainan Omana V, Murphy James S, Bell Beth P

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Death related to acute hepatitis B occurs in approximately 1% of patients. We investigated an outbreak of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections among injection drug users (IDUs) resulting in several deaths. We conducted a case-control study of fulminant (case patients) and nonfulminant (control patients) HBV infections. We directly sequenced the entire HBV genome from fulminant and nonfulminant cases. From October...

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PMID: 15382123
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20383

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