Seroprevalence and coprevalence of HIV and HBsAg in Nigerian children with/without protein energy malnutrition

Acta Tropica

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Akenami, Francis O T ^a,b   Koskiniemi, Marjaleena ^a   Ekanem, Emmanuel E ^b   Bolarin, Debayo M ^b   Vaheri, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

children; hepatitis B virus; human immunodeficiency virus; malnutrition; Nigeria; surface antigen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMA; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0030932332     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00629-8     Document Type: Article

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