| sexually transmitted diseases, antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus, and subsequent development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. visitors of homosexual sauna clubs in copenhagen: 1982-1983. | sera from 260 men from denmark and elsewhere attending two copenhagen sauna clubs for homosexual men during nine months of 1982-1983 were investigated for markers for syphilis, hepatitis a and b, and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). five per cent (12 men) had active syphilis, and another 35% (92) had a history of and/or serologic markers for syphilis. ninety-four men (36%) were positive for antibodies to hepatitis a virus, ten (4%) were positive for hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), and 15 ... | 1988 | 3358236 |
| infectious liver diseases in three groups of copenhagen workers: correlation of hepatitis a infection to sewage exposure. | three groups of copenhagen municipality male employees-77 sewer workers, 81 gardeners, and 79 clerks-matched for age and duration of employment, were studied for clinical and serological evidence of infection with viral hepatitis types a and b and pathogenic leptospires. "antibody against hepatitis a virus" (anti-hav) was found significantly more often among sewer workers (80.5%), than among gardeners (60.5%) or clerks (48.1%). the anti-hav prevalence rates correlated with age rather than durati ... | 1981 | 7247461 |