The increasing burden of imported chronic hepatitis B - United States, 1974-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, Tarissa ^a,b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^a   Hu, Dale J ^a   Wasley, Annemarie ^a   Painter, John A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; INFANT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82855177828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027717     Document Type: Article

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