Hepatitis A vaccination in chronic liver disease: Is it really required in a tropical country like India?

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-139

  Joshi, N ^a   Rao, S ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Patil, S ^a   Rani, S ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Hepatitis A virus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG COST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STUDENT T TEST; TROPICS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 34250862718     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.32720     Document Type: Article

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