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This chapter is largely devoted to hepatitis B virus infection, because of its high prevalence amongst homosexual men and the morbidity and mortality associated with the chronic carrier state, which develops in approximately 5% of those infected. There are three other main categories of viral hepatitis (Table 5.1).

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Weller, I.V.D. (1988). Hepatitis. In: Adler, M.W. (eds) Diseases in the Homosexual Male. The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1634-9_5

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