Concomitant high prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies and hepatitis B virus markers in a small village of the Amazon region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-223

  Souto, Francisco José Dutra ^a,e   Fontes, Cor Jésus Fernandes ^a,b   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^c   Paraná, Raymundo ^d   Lyra, Luiz Guilherme Costa ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0030132882     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651996000300010     Document Type: Article

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