Searching for chronic hepatitis B patients in a low prevalence area - Role of racial origin

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ono Nita, Suzane Kioko ^a   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Cardoso, Rita A ^a   Nita, Marcelo Eidi ^a   Da Silva, Luiz Caetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAZIL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELATIVE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 2942618774     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-5-7     Document Type: Article

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