Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection among the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 729-734

  Murhekar, Manoj V ^a   Murhekar, Kanchan M ^b   Sehgal, Subhash C ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE WIA   (India)

^c Regional Medical Research Centre Port Blair   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Disease transmission; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B surface antigen; India; Tribes

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

AGE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 46049121314     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.044     Document Type: Review

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