Trend in incidence of hepatitis B virus infection during a decade of universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination in Saudi Arabia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-283

  Madani, Tariq A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B vaccine; Hepatitis B virus; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33845919194     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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