The epidemiology of viral hepatitis in children in South Texas: Increased prevalence of hepatitis A along the Texas-Mexico border

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 509-513

  Leach, Charles T ^a   Koo, Felix C ^a   Hilsenbeck, Susan G ^a   Jenson, Hal B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS;

EID: 0033495903     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314861     Document Type: Article

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