Present epidemiological pattern of antibody to hepatitis A virus among Chiang Mai children, Northern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 268-271

  Jutavijittum, Prapan ^a   Jiviriyawat, Yupa ^a   Jiviriyawat, Wanchai ^a   Yousukh, Amnat ^a   Hayashi, Shigeki ^b   Toriyama, Kan ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 0036597938     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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