Epidemiological survey of infection with hepatitis B virus in the savannah and wetlands (Pantanal) of central Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-416

  Souto, F J D ^a,e   Fontes, C J F ^a,b   Oliveira, J M ^c   Gaspar, A M C ^c   Lyra, L G C ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030876873     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989761030     Document Type: Article

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