Community studies on prevalence of HBsAg in two urban populations of southern India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-152

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Bhatia, Rajesh ^a   Khare, Shashi ^a   Patnaik, S K ^a   Biswas, Shyamal ^a   Lal, Sohan ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Sokhey, Jotna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B carriers; Filter paper method; HBsAg carriers

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034138171     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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