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To the Editor: Viral hepatitis is an important public health threat. In the United States the prevalence of chronic hepatitis C infection is approximately 1.5 percent and that of chronic hepatitis B infection is 5.5 percent.¹ The viruses that cause these infections are transmitted primarily through contaminated blood and body fluids, with the most efficient mode of transmission being direct, percutaneous exposure to blood.

The rate of viral hepatitis is significantly higher among patients in the Veterans Affairs medical system than it is in the general population. As many as 24 percent of nonalcoholic patients in Veterans Affairs facilities who . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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