[Epidemiology of intra-marital infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) among the patients hospitalized in the infectious disease clinics in the Białystok region 1988-1990]

A Wiercińska-Drapało; P Boroń; A Boroń-Kaczmarska; A Panasiuk; A Grzeszczuk; R Flisiak; I Wierzbicka

[Epidemiology of intra-marital infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) among the patients hospitalized in the infectious disease clinics in the Białystok region 1988-1990]

Przegl Epidemiol. 1991;45(4):301-3.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

A Wiercińska-Drapało¹, P Boroń, A Boroń-Kaczmarska, A Panasiuk, A Grzeszczuk, R Flisiak, I Wierzbicka

Affiliation

¹ Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych Akademii Medycznej, Białymstoku.

PMID: 1841406

Abstract

Viral hepatitis B infection is worldwide epidemiological and clinical problem with same prophylactic difficulties concerned first of all married patients. The infection routes could be parenteral or homo/heterosexual contact. During 1988-1990 from hospitalized viral hepatitis B all patients (394), married patients was found 9% (34) persons with epidemiological documented viral hepatitis B infection, from his/her sexual married partner.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
Hepatitis B / therapy
Hepatitis B / transmission
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Marriage*
Middle Aged
Poland / epidemiology
Rural Population
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / etiology
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / therapy
Urban Population