Changing scenario of hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus exposure among the primitive tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India over the 10-year period 1989-99

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Murhekar, M V ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a   Murhekar, K M ^a   Padbhidri, S P ^b   Chitambar, S D ^b   Arankalle, V A ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Antibody prevalence; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis E virus; Tribes

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036903654     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2002.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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