Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Albania

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 849-852

  Resuli, Bashkim ^a   Prifti, Skerdi ^a   Kraja, Bledar ^a   Nurka, Tatjana ^b   Basho, Mimoza ^c   Sadiku, Edita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^b Blood Bank Center   (Albania)

^c Public Health Institute   (Albania)

^d Italy   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Blood donor; Hepatitis B virus; Military; Pregnant women; Schoolchildren; Student

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STUDENT; BLOOD; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649099033     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.849     Document Type: Article

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