Viral hepatitis in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in the Netherlands: results of a community-based study in a low prevalence country

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Veldhuijzen, Irene K ^a,b   van Driel, Harold F ^a   Vos, Dieuwke ^a   de Zwart, Onno ^a,b   van Doornum, Gerard J J ^b   de Man, Robert A ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Immigrants; Isolated anti HBc; The Netherlands; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849136429     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1224     Document Type: Article

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