Changes in the age-specific prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies: A 10-year cohort study in Jinju, South Korea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1148-1150

  Park, Chan Hoo ^a   Cho, Yun Kyeong ^a   Park, Ji Hoe ^a   Jun, Jin Su ^a   Park, Eun Sil ^a   Seo, Ji Hyun ^a   Lim, Jae Young ^a   Woo, Hyang Ok ^a   Youn, Hee Shang ^a   Ko, Gyung Hyuck ^a   Kang, Hyung Lyun ^a   Baik, Seung Cheol ^a   Lee, Woo Kon ^a   Cho, Myung Je ^a   Rhee, Kwang Ko ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE; AGE SPECIFIC SEROPREVALENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33645788569     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501016     Document Type: Article

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