Risk factors and seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigenemia in mothers and their preschool age children in Ilorin, Nigeria

Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Agbede, Olajide O ^a   Iseniyi, Juliet O ^a   Kolawole, Matthew O ^a   Ojuawo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Hepatitis B; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONICITY; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847281359     PISSN: 14750708     EISSN: 1744831X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14750708.4.1.67     Document Type: Article

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