Hepatitis B immunisation leads to the decline of hepatitis B virus prevalence in Gansu province, China

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-92

  Liu, Changjiang ^a   Li, Hui ^b   Gao, Li ^b   Li, Fengqin ^b   Liang, Xuefeng ^b   Yang, Kedi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GANSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

BLOOD; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 79953823567     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Letter

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