Sexual transmission of hepatitis B in Mwanza, Tanzania

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Jacobs, Bart ^a,b   Mayaud, Philippe ^c,d,g   Changalucha, John ^e   Todd, James ^c,d   Ka Gina, Gina ^c   Grosskurth, Heiner ^c,d   Berege, Zachariah A ^f  

^a LIVOS Project   (Tanzania)

^b LIVOS Project   (Belgium)

^c African Medical Research Foundation   (Tanzania)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^f Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^g African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TANZANIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030944245     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199703000-00001     Document Type: Article

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