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  • Title: Seroprevalence of HBV and HCV markers among intravenous drug abusers and subjects affected by chronic active hepatitis.
    Author: De Mercato R, Ciampi R, Romano A, Guarnaccia D, Siciliano V, Cantiello JP, Rippa O, Celentano U, Selva V, Romano C.
    Journal: Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper; 1990 Sep; 66(9):841-7. PubMed ID: 2127365.
    Abstract:
    In order to investigate the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV in neapolitan area, we studied blood specimens of 180 IVDAs, 115 CAH patients and 72 healthy subjects using hepatitis B core (anti-HBs) and hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV). High frequency of anti-HBs (80.9%) and strong association with an unexpected seroprevalence of anti-HCV (67%) was found in CAH patients. Our study does not explain these results, but suggest either a possible inference between both viruses or that serum from CAH subjects contains a component that gives false positivity.
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