Declining prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies among children from low socioeconomic groups reinforces the need for the implementation of hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 652-658

  Vitral, Claudia Lamarca ^a,b   Ospina, Fidel Leonardo Navarro ^a   Artimos, Solange ^a   Melgaço, Juliana Gil ^a,b   Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves ^b   de Paula, Vanessa Salete ^b   Luz, Sérgio Bessa ^c   Freire, Marcos ^b   Gaspar, Luciane Pinto ^b   Amado, Luciane Almeida ^b   Engstrom, Elyne Montenegro ^b   Fortes, Camila Dufrayer Fanzeres Monteiro ^d   de Souza, Tayla Coleta ^d   Dias, Marisa Nishitani ^e   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^b   Souto, Francisco José Dutra ^d  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria de Saúde do Município   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A vaccines; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 84864052271     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500012     Document Type: Article

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