Age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A in Antananarivo (Madagascar)

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Raharimanga, Vaomalala ^a   Carod, Jean François ^a   Ramarokoto, Charles Emile ^a   Chrétien, Jean Baptiste ^a   Rakotomanana, Fanjasoa ^a   Talarmin, Antoine ^a   Richard, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 46349089231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-78     Document Type: Article

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