Preimmunization epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in South African children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-115

  Vardas, Eftyhia ^a,b   Mathai, Mary ^c   Blaauw, Duane ^a   McAnerney, Jo ^a   Coppin, Alison ^a   Sim, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Children; HBsAg; Hepatitis B immunization; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032909473     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<111::AID-JMV2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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