A questionnaire was given to nurses in two hospitals, one general and one psychiatric. Answers to the questions revealed a lack of knowledge of the natural history of hepatitis B infection. There were no apparent differences between specialities or grades of nursing staff. Confusion of hepatitis A infection with hepatitis B infection was not the cause of incorrect answers.
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