High prevalence of hepatitis B infection in Amerindians in Japreira, Zulia State, Venezuela;Alta prevalencia de la infección por el virus de hepatitis B en la comunidad indígena Japreira, Estado Zulia, Venezuela

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1183-1186

  Monsalve Castillo, Francisca ^a   Echevarría, José Manuel ^b   Atencio, Ricardo ^a   Suárez, Anais ^a   Estévez, Jesús ^a   Costa León, Luciana ^a   Montiel, Pilar ^a   Molero, Tania ^a   Zambrano, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Indigenous health; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 43449095755     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000500028     Document Type: Article

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