Seroepidemiological markers of enterically transmitted viral hepatitis A and E in individuals living in a community located in the north area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 637-640

  Moraes Dos Santos, Damião Carlos ^a   Souto, Francisco José Dutra ^b   Lopes Dos Santos, Débora Regina ^a   Vitral, Claudia Lamarca ^c   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis E virus; Rio de Janeiro; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 11244336733     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762002000500007     Document Type: Article

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