prevalence of markers of hepatotropic viruses among drug addicts in warsaw, poland. | we studied 100 unselected parenteral drug abusers for infection with hepatitis c, b, a and d virus (hcv, hbv, hav and hdv). seventy-six percent had serological evidence of hcv infection. 12% were positive for hbsag and at least one marker of hbv infection was present in 69%. these results were significantly higher than in a matched control population. compared to controls, the prevalence of anti-hav (65%) was not significantly increased in drug addicts. of the anti-hcv-positive drug addicts, 80. ... | 1992 | 1324268 |