The shift in prevalence of hepatitis A immunity in flanders, Belgium

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-7

  Beutels, M ^a   Van Damme, P ^a   Vranckx, R ^b   Meheus, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0031968603     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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