Age-specific prevalence of hepatitis B infection among the Karen in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-118

  Murhekar, M V ^a   Murhekar, K M ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 2342545450     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400227     Document Type: Letter

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