Hepatitis B infection in Eastern Indian families: Need for screening of adult siblings and mothers of adult index cases

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 647-654

  Chakravarty, Runug ^a   Chowdhury, A ^b   Chaudhuri, S ^b   Santra, A ^b   Neogi, M ^a   Rajendran, K ^c   Panda, C K ^d   Chakravarty, M ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Horizontal transmission; Intrafamilial screening

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

DISEASE SPREAD; HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTHER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SIBLING; SPOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 19744373783     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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