Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A virus among the Kuikuro and Kaiabi Indians of Xingu National Park, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-157

  Lafer, Manuel Mindlin ^a   De Moraes Pinto, Maria Isabel ^b   Weckx, Lily Yin ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibodies; Hepatitis A; Serology; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 34447281724     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000300004     Document Type: Article

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