Sentinel surveillance for patients with acute hepatitis in Egypt, 2001-04

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Talaat, M ^a   El Sayed, N ^b   Kandeel, A ^b   Azab, M A ^a   Afifi, S ^a   Youssef, F G ^a   Ismael, T ^a   Hajjeh, R ^c   Mahoney, F J ^a,c  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No3   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 76649096674     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.2.134     Document Type: Article

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