title: [Prevalence of hepatitis B in fatalities in forensic medicine].
abstract: Serological screening investigations for hepatitis B were carried out on 1000 sudden and unexpected fatalities from natural causes and non-natural deaths at the Institute for Forensic Medicine in Hamburg. The results were compared with the serological tests of the drug deaths from 1983-1989 and the HIV-infected bodies from 1984-1989. It was found that anti-HBc was positive in 19.2% of the unselected cases as compared with 46.1% in drug related deaths and 73% in the HIV-infected group. HBsAg as a marker that expresses infectiosity was present in 15 cases (1.5%) of 1000 unselected cases, 4.4% of the drug related deaths and 15.8% of the HIV-infected group.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trübner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polywka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laufs
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence / Q000639:trends; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011446:Prospective Studies
vernacular_title: Zur Hepatitis-B-Prävalenz bei Todesfällen in der Rechtsmedizin.