Abstract

Introduction: the National Institute for Communicable Diseases was notified of the death of a 27-year old female residing in a psychiatric long-term care facility. The cause of death was fulminant liver failure from acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Our investigation aimed to determine HBV prevalence in the facility and to establish possible sources of infection.

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