Aviat Space Envir Md
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Aviat Space Envir Md · May 1994
Viral hepatitis in the U.S. Air Force, 1980-89: an epidemiological and serological study.
This paper reports the epidemiology of hospital-diagnosed acute viral hepatitis in U. S. Air Force personnel from 1980-89. ⋯ Members hospitalized for hepatitis B had a prior or concurrent diagnosis for sexually transmitted disease in 37% of cases; for drug abuse, 32% of cases. Serum samples from 332 individuals demonstrated that hepatitis A had the highest rate of agreement (84%) between serology and hospital discharge diagnosis. Only 3% of individuals with the diagnosis of NANB hepatitis were positive for hepatitis C.