Serological survey for viral infections in Austronesian-speaking Balopa Islanders, Papua New Guinea

Kumamoto Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Inaoka, Tsukasa ^b   Futatsuka, Makoto ^b   Kawabata, Masato ^c   Ataka, Yuji ^d   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033305517     PISSN: 00235326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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