Anti-hepatitis A virus frequency in adolescents at an outpatient clinic in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-44

  Dinelli, Maria Isabel Saraiva ^a   Fisberg, Mauro ^a   De Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brazil; Hepatitis A; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33645031418     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000100009     Document Type: Article

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