HEPATITIS-B IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN - PREVALENCE OF INFECTION AND FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION
HEPATITIS-B IN HOMOSEXUAL MEN - PREVALENCE OF INFECTION AND FACTORS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/146.1.7
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
REYNOLDS, G
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作者:
SCHREEDER, MT;THOMPSON, SE;REYNOLDS, G
Of 3816 homosexual men examined in 5 sexually transmitted disease clinics in the USA, 6.1% had hepatitis B surface antigen, 52.4% had antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen and 3.0% of the men who had no other indicator of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) had antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. The rate of seropositivity for HBV indicated by the presence of .gtoreq. 1 of these serologic markers was 61.5%; seropositivity was significantly related to the duration of regular homosexual activity and to the number of nonsteady male sexual contacts in the 4 mo. before the patients were interviewed. Anal-genital intercourse, oral-anal intercourse and rectal douching were significantly related to evidence of HBV infection, but oral-oral contact and oral-genital contact were not. Trauma to the rectal mucosa is a feature common to the practices that were significantly related to seropositivity for HBV.