Enhanced surveillance for acute and likely acute hepatitis B in Canada: 1999 to 2002

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Boulos, David ^a   Goedhuis, Neil J ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Baptiste, Beverley ^b   Poliquin, Darlene ^c   Furseth, Janet ^d   Chan, Jessica Ip ^e   Bolesnikov, Grlica ^f   Barichello, Faye ^g   Andonov, Anton ^h   Giulivi, Antonio ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

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

^d CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^e VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Department of Health and Wellness ^*  (Canada)

^g BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^h Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hepatitis B; Incidence; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 28344446978     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/584270     Document Type: Article

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