Population-based multicentric survey of hepatitis B infection and risk factor differences among three regions in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Pereira, Leila M M B ^a   Martelli, Celina M T ^b   Merchán Hamann, Edgar ^c   Montarroyos, Ulisses R ^a   Braga, Maria C ^d   De Lima, Maria L C ^d   Cardoso, Maria R A ^e   Turchi, Marília D ^b   Costa, Marcelo A ^f   De Alencar, Luiz C A ^a   Moreira, Regina C ^g   Figueiredo, Gerusa M ^h   Ximenes, Ricardo A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Hospital de Base do DF   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^h MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RANDOM MULTISTAGE CLUSTER SAMPLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 68549087006     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.240     Document Type: Article

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