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Male homosexuals attending venereal clinics seem to be a group frequently exposed to hepatitis B virus. In the present study male homosexuals attending a club for homosexuals were also investigated. The latter group was found to have a lower risk of exposure to hepatitis B virus than homosexuals attending venereal clinics as measured by HBsAg or anti-HBs in serum (27% versus 46%). Both groups of homosexuals, however, had a higher frequency of hepatitis B markers in serum than heterosexual males attending venereal clinics (11%). As far as the risk for hepatitis A virus exposure is concerned, the prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies was similar in both groups of homosexuals as well as in the heterosexual controls (15–19%). However, these prevalences of anti-HAV are also higher than among age-matched Swedish blood donors (3–9%).
Zusammenfassung
Homosexuelle Männer, die Kliniken für Geschlechtskranke aufsuchen, scheinen häufig mit dem Hepatitis B-Virus in Berührung zu kommen. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden auch homosexuelle Männer untersucht, die zu einem Homosexuellen-Club gehörten. Es stellte sich heraus, daß das Risiko der Hepatitis B-Virusexposition in dieser Gruppe niedriger ist als bei Homosexuellen, die Kliniken für Geschlechtskranke aufsuchen — die Meßparameter waren HBsAg oder Anti-HBs im Serum (27% gegenüber 46%). Beide Gruppen von Homosexuellen hatten jedoch häufiger Hepatitis B-Marker im Serum als Heterosexuelle, die zu Kliniken für Geschlechtskrankheiten kamen (11%). Was das Risiko für eine Exposition gegenüber dem Hepatitis A-Virus anbelangt, war das Vorkommen von Anti-HAV-Antikörpern bei beiden Gruppen von Homosexuellen und in den heterosexuellen Kontrollen ähnlich (15–19%). Jedoch war auch das Vorkommen von Anti-HAV in diesen Gruppen höher als bei altersentsprechenden schwedischen Blutspendern (3–9%).
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Iwarson, S., Johannisson, G., Löwhagen, G. et al. Hepatitis A and B in different groups of homosexuals. Infection 8, 223–225 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01639040
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