Change of acute hepatitis B transmission routes in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 772-775

  Arima, Shouko ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Kawai, Keiko ^a   Matsubara, Hiroshi ^a   Nakanishi, Seiji ^a   Abe, Masanori ^a   Hasebe, Aki ^a   Tokumoto, Yoshio ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhisa ^b   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Route of transmission; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744223516     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1144-5     Document Type: Article

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