Horizontal transmission of hepatitis B in a children's day-care centre: A preventable event

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 791-792

  McIntosh, E David G ^a,c   Bek, Mark D ^b   Cardona, Magnolia ^b   Goldston, Kerrie ^b   Isaacs, David ^a   Burgess, Margaret A ^a   Cossart, Yvonne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD CARE; DAY CARE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031445601     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01797.x     Document Type: Article

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