Hepatitis B and C virus infection among Brazilian amazon riparians;Infecção pelo virus da hepatite B e C em ribeirinhos da amazônia Brasileira

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 546-550

  de Oliveira, Claudia Suellen Ferro ^a   Vilar e Silva, Adenielson ^a   dos Santos, Kemper Nunes ^a   Fecury, Amanda Alves ^a   de Almeida, Marcella Kelly Costa ^a   Fernandes, Adriana Prado ^a   da Costa, Carlos Araújo ^a   Freitas, Andrei Silva ^a   Corvelo, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira ^a   Martins, Luisa Caricio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; HBV; HCV; riparians

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE PROBE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 81555229436     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000500003     Document Type: Article

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