Progress towards the comprehensive control of hepatitis B in Africa: A view from South Africa

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1996, Pages

  Kew, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; carrier rates; hepatitis B; horizontal transmission; vaccination

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029922773     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.Suppl_2.S31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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