A study of viral hepatitis in a penal institution.

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Article1 November 1958A STUDY OF VIRAL HEPATITIS IN A PENAL INSTITUTIONIRWIN A. SCHAFER, M.D., JAMES W. MOSLEY, M.D.IRWIN A. SCHAFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES W. MOSLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1162 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of viral hepatitis in institutions of various types is well known and has been reported previously.1The present report concerns a study of viral hepatitis in a penal institution carried out during an 11-month period. From the epidemiologic evidence obtained it is believed that parenteral transmission was of significance in the behavior of the disease during the period considered, and that the hepatitis was predominantly due to the serum (B) type rather than to the infectious (A) type. Since prison populations are not infrequently utilized as donor sources by agencies conducting blood-collection programs, it is important to consider...Bibliography1. DrakeMing MEG: Gamma globulin in epidemic hepatitis. Comparative value of two dosage levels apparently near the minimal effective level, J. A. M. A. 155: 1302, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. DarmadyHardwick EMC: Syringe transmitted hepatitis, Lancet 2: 106, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Hughes RR: Post-penicillin jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 685, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DrakeBarondessBasheHenleHenleStokesPennell MEJAWJGWJRB: Failure of convalescent gamma globulin to protect against homologous serum hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 152: 690, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. StokesBerkMalamutDrakeBarondessBasheWolmanFarquharBevanDrummondMaycockCappsBennett JJELLMEJAWJIJJEBRJWDRBAH: The carrier state in viral hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 154: 1059, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LehaneKwantesUpwardThomson DCMMGDR: Homologous serum jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 572, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. CappsSbanovScheiffey RBVCS: A syringe-transmitted epidemic of infectious hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 136: 819, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. ThompsonSutliffHennessyNorman JTWDTPST: Transmission of viral hepatitis by dental procedures, J. M. A. Alabama 23: 45, 1953. Google Scholar9. RobertsStill RBH: Homologous serum jaundice transmitted by tattooing needle, Canad. M. A. J. 62: 75, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Smith BF: Occurrence of hepatitis in recently tattooed service personnel, J. A. M. A. 144: 1074, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. AltschulRosterPaleyTurner APDSSL: Incidence of hepatitis among narcotic addicts in the Harlem Hospital, New York, Arch. Int. Med. 89: 24, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SteigmannHymanGoldbloom FSR: Infectious hepatitis (homologous serum type) in drug addicts, Gastroenterology 15: 642, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Morton RS: Syringe-transmitted jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 938, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Sherwood PM: An outbreak of syringe-transmitted hepatitis with jaundice in hospitalized diabetic patients, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 380, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar15. NeefeNorrisReinholdMitchellHowell JRRFJGCBDS: Carriers of hepatitis virus in the blood and viral hepatitis in whole blood recipients, J. A. M. A. 154: 1066, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 4, 1958.From the Hepatitis Investigations Unit, Epidemiology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to James W. Mosley, M.D., Chief, Hepatitis Unit, Epidemiology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, 50 Seventh Street, Northeast, Atlanta 23, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySerum Hepatitis in Swedish Track-FindersHIATUS HERNIAH.A.A. IN DRUG ADDICTSPrisoner Blood Donors and Posttransfusion (Icteric) Viral HepatitisChronic liver disease in narcotics addicts 1 November 1958Volume 49, Issue 5Page: 1162-1177KeywordsBehaviorEpidemiologyHepatitisHepatitis AHepatitis virusesInfectious disease epidemiologyInfectious hepatitisInoculationMedical servicesPopulation statistics ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...