The changing epidemiological pattern of hepatitis A in an urban population of India: Emergence of a trend similar to the European countries

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 507-510

  Das, K ^a   Jain, A ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Kapoor, S ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Chakravorty, A ^a   Kar, P ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anti hepatitis A virus antibodies; Hepatitis A seroepidemiology; Hepatitis A transmission; Hepatitis A virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033810539     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007628021661     Document Type: Article

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