Hepatitis B immunity and vaccination coverage among young adult males in the Air Force in South Brazil

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 9284-9288

  Passos, Ana Maria ^a   Treitinger, Aricio ^a   Spada, Celso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hepatitis B virus; Immunity; Vaccination coverage survey

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555192452     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.06.050     Document Type: Article

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