Heterogeneity of hepatitis B transmission in Tunisia: Risk factors for infection and chronic carriage before the introduction of a universal vaccine program

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3301-3307

  Ben Alaya Bouafif, Nissaf ^a   Bahri, Olfa ^a   Chlif, Sadok ^a   Bettaieb, Jihène ^a   Toumi, Amine ^a   Bel Haj, Hamida Nabil ^a   Zâatour, Amor ^a   Gharbi, Adel ^a   Dellagi, Koussay ^a   Triki, Hinda ^a   Ben Salah, Afif ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chronic carriage; HBV infection; Intrafamilial transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950516993     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.02.101     Document Type: Article

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