Hepatitis C virus rife in SA prisons
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 03:21
in Health & Medicine
Hepatitis C infection is endemic among the South Australian prison population, with 42% of the State's 1700 prisoners infected with the virus, according to a University of Adelaide study.
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