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Prevalence of Australia Antigen (HBsAg) in Institutionalised Patients with Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Chaudhury ,
S. Chandra  and
M. Augustine
S. Chaudhury*
Affiliation:
M H Bareilly
S. Chandra
Affiliation:
Mental Hospital Bareilly
M. Augustine
Affiliation:
M H Bareilly, India
*
∗A-177/353, Ulhasnagar - 421004, District Thana, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

In a study of 100 institutionalised patients with psychosis and an equal number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls from the same regional background, the prevalence of Australia antigen (HBsAg) was 11 and 2, respectively. Institutionalised psychotic patients are a high-risk group for hepatitis B virus infection.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 542 - 543
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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