Seroprevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis A infection among young homosexual and bisexual men

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1225-1229

  Katz, Mitchell H ^a   Hsu, Ling ^b   Wong, Ernie ^b   Liska, Sally ^b   Anderson, Laura ^b   Janssen, Robert S ^b  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS A; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0031003689     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593675     Document Type: Article

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