| prevalence of hepatitis a, hepatitis b, and hiv among hepatitis c-seropositive state hospital patients: results from oregon state hospital. | multiple studies have shown that individuals with severe mental illness are at increased risk for acquiring infection from human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), and hepatitis c virus (hcv). moreover, patients with chronic hcv infection are at risk for fulminant hepatitis from acquired infection with hepatitis a virus (hav) or hbv, but there are limited data on the prevalence of hiv, hav, and hbv in chronically hospitalized u.s. psychiatric patients without mental retardati ... | 2003 | 12755656 |