Enhanced surveillance for childhood hepatitis B virus infection in Canada, 1999-2003

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Wu, H X ^a,i   Andonov, A ^b   Giulivi, A ^a   Goedhuis, N J ^a   Baptiste, B ^c   Furseth, J ^d   Poliquin, D ^e   Chan, J I P ^f   Bolesnikov, G ^g   Moffat, B ^h   Wu, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

^c Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^d CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^e Public Health and Long Term Care Branch   (Canada)

^f VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g British Columbia Centre for Disease Control ^*  (Canada)

^h BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

ⁱ HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birthplace; Children; Hepatitis B; Incidence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 25644439912     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.2.143     Document Type: Article

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