The increasing prominence of household transmission of hepatitis A in an area undergoing a shift in endemicity

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 492-497

  Victor, J C ^a   Surdina, T Y ^b   Suleimeova, S Z ^b   Favorov, M O ^c   Bell, B P ^d   Monto, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY LIFE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEPATITIS A; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646159089     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005194     Document Type: Article

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