| Home | E-Submission | Sitemap | Contact Us |  
top_img
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine 1991;24(4): 465-472.
Seroprevalence of antibody to the hepatitis C virus in methamphetamine abusers.
Jin Kyoo Kim, Ji Ho Lee, Byung Mann Cho, Soo Il Lee
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection in drug abusers. The subjects were 141 inpatients who had been admitted to a general hospital with the symptoms and signs of methamphetamine intoxication. Seroprevalence of antibody to the hepatitis C virus(anti-HCV) was 60.3%,(85/141) and it was higher in the group with increased frequency and duration of drug abuse, but such a relationship was not found in the seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg). These findings suggested the possibility of high prevalence of HCV infection in methamphetamine abusers, and the importance of repetitive percutaneous injection in the transmission of HCV infection.
Key words: seroprevalence; anti-HCV; methamphetamine abusers
TOOLS
PDF Links  PDF Links
Full text via DOI  Full text via DOI
Download Citation  Download Citation
CrossRef TDM  CrossRef TDM
Share:      
METRICS
1,504
View
20
Download
  Facebook
  Twitter
A Study on Serum Zinc Concentration in some Methamphetamine Abusers.  1992 June;25(2)
Editorial Office
#203, 92 Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02585, Korea
Tel : +82-2-740-8328   Fax : +82-2-764-8328   E-mail: jpmph@prevmed.or.kr
About |  Browse Articles |  Current Issue |  For Authors and Reviewers
Copyright © 2023 by Korean Society for Preventive Medicine.                 Developed in M2PI