Seroprevalence of hepatitis A antibodies among children in a Saudi community

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-282

  El Gilany, Abdel Hady ^a   Hammad, Sabry ^b   Refaat, Khaled ^c   Al Enazi, Reda ^b  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Preventive Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Arar Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS A; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77951742778     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60068-5     Document Type: Article

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