Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ashraf, Hasan ^a   Alam, Nur H ^a   Rothermundt, Christian ^b   Brooks, Abdullah ^a,c   Bardhan, Pradip ^a   Hossain, Lokman ^a   Salam, Mohammed A ^a   Hassan, Mohammed S ^d   Beglinger, Christoph ^b   Gyr, Niklaus ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BITE; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954550440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-208     Document Type: Article

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