A sero-epidemiological cross-sectional study of hepatitis B virus in Zimbabwe

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-75

  Tswana, S ^a   Chetsanga, C ^a   Nystrom L ^b   Moyo, S ^a   Nzara, M ^a   Chieza, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030028974     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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