Exposure to hepatitis A virus among blood donors, injecting drug users and prison entrants in Victoria

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Crofts, N ^a   Cooper, G ^b   Stewart, T ^a   Kiely, P ^b   Coghlan, P ^b   Hearne, P ^c   Hocking, J ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Australian Red Cross   (Australia)

^c Pentridge Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Hepatitis A virus; Injecting drug use; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031227752     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1997.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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