Sociodemographical aspects of seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus in the settlement of Cavunge, a semi-arid region of Bahia State;Aspectos sociodemográficos da soroprevalência de marcadores do vírus da hepatite A no povoado de Cavunge, região do semi-árido do Estado da Bahia

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Almeida, Delvone ^a,b   Tavares Neto, José ^a,b   Queiroz Andrade, Marcony ^a,b   Dias, Camila ^a,b   Ribeiro, Terezinha ^c   Silva, Francisco ^c   Silva Araújo, Jailson ^a,b   Tatsch, Fernando ^d   Paraná, Raymundo ^a,b,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Federal da Bahia   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Alianca   (Brazil)

^d Divisão de Hepatites   (Argentina)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bahia; Cavunge; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A virus; Serological markers of hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TROPICS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33644510415     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000100015     Document Type: Article

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