The elimination of hepatitis B virus infection: Changing seroepidemiology of hepatitis A and B virus infection in Okinawa, Japan over a 26-year period

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 693-698

  Furusyo, Norihiro ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Sawayama, Yasunori ^a   Kawakami, Yasunobu ^a   Kishihara, Yasuhiro ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HYGIENE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY;

EID: 0031759866     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.693     Document Type: Article

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