title: [Risk of development of hepatitis B virus infection among alcoholics].
abstract: The frequency of incidence of positive serological markers of hepatitis B virus infection among a population of alcoholics in the region of Białystok has been analysed. It was demonstrated that the highest frequency of detection of hepatitis B virus infection appears in a group of patients with post-alcoholic liver cirrhosis (60 percent). Acute virus hepatitis of the B type in alcoholics is characterised by a tendency towards retarded seroconversion of HBe antigen to HBe antibody with a subsequent development of chronic infection and liver cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych Akademii Medycznej, Białymstoku.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boroń
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bobrowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borzuchowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boroń-Kaczmarska
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flisiak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzeszczuk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prokopowicz
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D015415:Biomarkers; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens
vernacular_title: Zagrozenia populacji osób naduzywajacych alkoholu zakazeniem wirusem hepatitis B (HBV).