Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni, hepatitis B, age, and sex predict levels of hepatic periportal thickening/fibrosis (PPT/F): A large-scale community-based study in Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1079-1086

  Berhe, Nega ^a,b,c   Myrvang, Bjørn ^a   Gundersen, Svein G ^d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES; HEPATITIS C; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39049115622     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1079     Document Type: Article

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