HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C prevalence among patients with mental illness: a review of the literature Prevalência de infecção por HIV, sífilis e hepatite B e C entre portadores de doenças mentais crônicas

HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C prevalence among patients with mental illness: a review of the literature Prevalência de infecção por HIV, sífilis e hepatite B e C entre portadores de doenças mentais crônicas

A limited number of studies worldwide have investigated the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C infection among psychiatric patients. However, prevalence of these infections in the population with chronic mental illness has not been clearly established. Most of the published papers ar...

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Main Authors: Lorenza Nogueira Campos, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Ricardo Andrade Carmo, Ana Paula Souto Melo, Helian Nunes de Oliveira, Katherine Elkington, Karen McKinnon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2008-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes
Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis
HIV
Mentally Ill Persons
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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