Hepatitis B and C virus infection in adult volunteers in Angola

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 701-702

  Steele, A D ^a   Bos, P ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANGOLA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETTER; MIGRATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANGOLA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0029845717     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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