Shifting seroepidemiology of hepatitis A in Japan, 1973-2003

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-191

  Kiyohara, Tomoko ^a   Sato, Tomoko ^a   Totsuka, Atsuko ^a   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^b   Yoneyama, Tetsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti HAV antibody; Hepatitis A; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NATIONAL SERUM REFERENCE BANK; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33847097916     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03900.x     Document Type: Article

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