Intrafamilial prevalence of hepatitis B virus in Western Brazilian Amazon region: Epidemiologic and biomolecular study

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 863-868

  Lobato, Cirley ^a,d   Tavares Neto, José ^a   Rios Leite, Márcio ^a   Trepo, Christian ^c   Vitvitski, Ludmila ^c   Parvaz, Parviz ^c   Zoulim, Fabien ^c   D'Oliveira Jr , Argemiro ^a   Paraná, Raymundo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Department of Restorative Dentistry   (Brazil)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acre; Amazon region; HBV; Intrafamilial transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; TOOTHBRUSH; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646909214     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04298.x     Document Type: Article

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