Vaccination rate and seroepidemiology of hepatitis A in chronic-hepatitis-B-infected individuals in the Korean army

Gut and Liver

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Shin, Dong Hyuk ^a   Han, Sang Kuk ^a   Choi, Pil Cho ^a   Lim, Seong Woo ^b   Kim, Kyung Mook ^b   Sinn, Dong Hyun ^c  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Military personnel; Seroepidemiologic study; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953592419     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.2.207     Document Type: Article

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