Evaluation of perinatal and intrafamilial hepatitis B prevention programmes in a well child clinic: 9-year follow-up study in Turkey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-225

  Polat, S ^a   Camurdan, A D ^b   Aksakal, N ^b   Agladioglu, S ^b   Beyazova, U ^b   Sahin, F ^b   Atak, A ^b   Er, A ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antigen positivity; Hepatitis B; Infants; Serotesting; Turkey; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; INFECTION PREVENTION; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 79952901497     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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