Endemic hepatitis B and C virus infection in a Brazilian Eastern Amazon region

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  El Khouri, Marcelo ^a   Cordeiro, Quirino ^a   Da Luz, Diogo Arantes Behling Pereira ^a   Duarte, Leandro Savoy ^a   Gama, Mônica Elinor Alves ^b   Corbett, Carlos Eduardo Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B core antigens; Hepatitis B surface antigens; Hepatitis B, epidemiology; Hepatitis C, epidemiology; Seroepidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953182395     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032010000100007     Document Type: Article

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