Patterns of hepatitis B infection in Egyptian children in the era of obligatory hepatitis B vaccination

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  El Raziky, Mona S ^a   El Hawary, Manal A ^c   Salama, Khaled M ^a   El Hennawy, Ahmed M ^b   Helmy, Heba M ^a   Fahmy, Mona E ^d   Hassanin, Fetouh M ^e   El Karaksy, Hanaa M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^e Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child; Chronic hepatitis; Egyptian; HBV; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS VACCINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860477357     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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