A comparison of hepatitis B seroepidemiology in ten European countries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 961-969

  Nardone, Anthony ^a   Anastassopoulou, C G ^b   Theeten, H ^c   Kriz, B ^d   Davidkin, I ^e   Thierfelder, W ^f   O'Flanagan, D ^g   Bruzzone, B ^h   Mossong, J ⁱ   Boot, H J ^j   Butur, D ^k   Slacikova M ^l   Panait, M L C ^k   Hellenbrand, W ^f   De Melker, H ^j   Sobotova Z ^l   Icardi, G ^h   Andrews, N ^a   Pebody, R G ^a   Van Damme, P ^c   Kafatos, G ^a   Miller, E ^a   Hatzakis, A ^b   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^k CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^l Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

more..

Author keywords

Europe; Hepatitis B; Serology; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650486243     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001672     Document Type: Article

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