Serological diagnosis of jaundice epidemics in India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-502

  Prakash, Charu ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; INDIA; JAUNDICE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0032150934     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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