Community prevalence of hepatitis B infection & modes of transmission in Tamil Nadu, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 670-675

  Kurien, Thomas ^a   Thyagarajan, S P ^b   Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Peedicayil, A ^a   Rajendran, P ^b   Sivaram, S ^a   Hansdak, S G ^a   Renu, G ^a   Krishnamurthy, P ^c,f   Sudhakar, K ^d,i   Varghese, K ^e   Joyee, A G ^b   Hari, D ^b   Bai, Lakshmi ^f   Srinivasan, Vijaya ^f   Varghese, J C ^g   Sethuraman Meenakshi, N ^g   Hira, S ^h   Gharpure, H ^h   George, Soshamma ^a   George, Renu ^a   more..

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (India)

^d WORLD BANK   (India)

^e Madurai Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Center   (India)

^f AIDS Prevention and Control   (India)

^g Meenkashi Mission Hospital and Research Center   (India)

^h GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ USAID India   (India)

Author keywords

Community; Hepatitis B infection; Mode of transmission; Prevalence; Tamil Nuda, India

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20544434381     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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