病毒性肝炎与毒品文化：悉尼的一项简要社会流行病学研究

Viral hepatitis and the drug cult: a brief socio-epidemiological study in Sydney.

作者信息

Boughton C R, Hawkes R A

出版信息

Aust N Z J Med. 1980 Apr;10(2):157-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1980.tb03704.x.

DOI:10.1111/j.1445-5994.1980.tb03704.x

Abstract

Study of 141 individuals attending a Sydney drug referral centre revealed considerable psychosocial maladjustment in the group. Seventy-five per cent showed serological evidence of hepatitis B virus infection, past or present, as compared with 13% of control subjects. Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen was found to be twice as frequent as a serological marker of HBV infection, as antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen. Prevalence rates of antibody to hepatitis A virus were similar in the drug and control groups. Hepatitis possibly due to hepatitis non A non B virus infection, was found in 14% of those with clinical and biochemical hepatitis at the time of the study.

摘要

对悉尼一家药物咨询中心的141名人员进行的研究显示，该群体存在相当严重的心理社会适应不良。75%的人有乙肝病毒既往或现症感染的血清学证据，而对照组这一比例为13%。乙肝核心抗原抗体作为乙肝病毒感染的血清学标志物，其出现频率是乙肝表面抗原抗体的两倍。甲型肝炎病毒抗体的流行率在药物组和对照组中相似。在研究时患有临床和生化性肝炎的患者中，14%的人肝炎可能是由非甲非乙肝病毒感染所致。