Prevalence of hepatitis B, C, and delta virus infections among children in Mongolia: Progress in childhood immunization

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1064-1074

  Tsatsralt Od, Bira ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Endo, Kazunori ^a   Agiimaa, Dondog ^b   Buyankhuu, Osorjin ^c   Ninomiya, Masashi ^a,d   Lorenzo, Felipe R ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b State Research Center for Maternal and Child Health in Mongolia   (Mongolia)

^c Hazaadai Gynecological Hospital   (Mongolia)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis delta virus; Immunization; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONGOLIA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

DELTAVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 34347350067     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20867     Document Type: Article

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