Some aspects of the epidemiology of hepatitis in Sweden

Postgraduate Medical Journal - Tập 47 Số 549 - Trang 465-472 - 1975
Olof Ringertz1
1Statetens Bakteriologiska Laboratorium , 5-105 21 Stockholm , Sweden

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SummaryThe incidence of hepatitis in Sweden is relatively low, but an outbreak associated with the consumption of infected oysters occurred in 1955.Subsequently, an increasing incidence was noted among track-finders. Methods of eliminating cross-infection by traces of blood among the runners greatly reduced this incidence.Since 1964, hepatitis associated with haemodialysis and with narcotic addiction has become common.The changes in the epidemiological pattern during the last 20 years are discussed.

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Postgraduate Medical Journal

Tập 47 Số 549

465-472

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