Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A virus in Chilean school age children;Prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-hepatitis A en escolares en la década actual

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1161-1164

  Riedemann G, Stella ^a,b   Ibarra V, Humberto ^a   Reinhardt V, Germán ^a   Frösner, Gert ^a   Safary, Assad ^a  

^a Médico Veterinario ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Enzime linked inmuno sorbent assay; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis antibodies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3242792341     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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