Outbreak of viral hepatitis B in a rural community in India linked to inadequately sterilized needles and syringes

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Singh, J ^a   Bhatia, R ^a   Gandhi, J C ^b   Kaswekar, A P ^b   Khare, S ^a   Patel, S B ^b   Oza, V B ^b   Jain, D C ^a   Sokhey, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b Government of India)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JAUNDICE; MALE; NEEDLE; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; SYRINGE;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMICS; HEPATITIS; INDIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS D; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STERILIZATION; SYRINGES;

EID: 0031749365     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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