Hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis delta (HDV) viruses in the Colombian population-how is the epidemiological situation?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Alvarado Mora, Mónica Viviana ^a   Fernandez, María Fernanda Gutierrez ^b   Gomes Gouvêa, Michele Soares ^a   de Azevedo Neto, Raymundo Soares ^a   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 79955758226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018888     Document Type: Article

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