| exposure to hepatitis b and c and to htlv-1 and 2 among israeli drug abusers in jerusalem. | the incidence of exposure to hepatitis b (hbv) and c (hcv) viruses and to that of htlv 1 and 2 were investigated in a group of 181 illicit drug users attending a drug rehabilitation centre in jerusalem. in this predominantly male group, 28% were intravenous drug abusers (ivdas) and 72% non-ivdas; 92% of the individuals were of middle eastern descent (of which 40% were of a moroccan descent). antibodies to hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv) were found in 54% of the ivdas compared with 4.5% in the non-i ... | 1994 | 8081185 |