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

• Main Authors: Lorenza Nogueira Campos (Author), Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães (Author), Ricardo Andrade Carmo (Author), Ana Paula Souto Melo (Author), Helian Nunes de Oliveira (Author), Katherine Elkington (Author), Karen McKinnon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...