Prevalence of anti-hepatitis A antibodies, hepatitis B viral markers, and anti-hepatitis C antibodies among immigrants from the former USSR who arrived in Israel during 1990-1991

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-217

  Almog, Ronit ^a   Low, M ^a   Cohen, D ^d   Robin, G ^d   Ashkenazi, S ^d   Bercovier, H ^b   Gdalevich, M ^d   Samuels, Y ^d   Ashkenazi, I ^d   Shemer, J ^d   Eldad, A ^b   Green, M S ^c  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; USSR;

EID: 0033030795     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02561531     Document Type: Article

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