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Volume 342:1840-1841 June 15, 2000 Number 24
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Electric Razors as a Potential Vector for Viral Hepatitis

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To the Editor: We thank Dr. Kelly (March 9 issue)1 for her vigilance on behalf of veterans treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her suggestion that the sharing of electric razors might be responsible for the relatively high rates of viral hepatitis among veterans is provocative but seems implausible. In the large seroepidemiologic study that she cited, military service was an insignificant risk factor for hepatitis B infection relative to other considerations.2 The brief letter noting an increased seroprevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus among Sicilian barbers concerned barbers who used a straight razor on both their patrons . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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