Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses in the province of tokat in the black sea region of turkey: A population-based study

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-30

  Yildirim, Beytullah ^a,c   Barut, Şener ^b   Bulut, Yunus ^b   Yenişehirirli, Gülgün ^b   Özdemir, Metin ^b   Çetin, Ilhan ^b   Etikan, Ilker ^b   Akbaş, Ali ^b   Atiş, Ömer ^b   Özyurt, Hüseyin ^b   Şahin, Şşemsettin ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Fakültesi Gastroenterolohi B D   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Population; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449134760     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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