Prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C in riverside communities of the Tucuruí Dam, Pará, Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1907-1912

  de Almeida, Marcella Kelly Costa ^a   dos Santos, Kemper Nunes ^a   Fecury, Amanda Alves ^a   de Oliveira, Cláudia Suellen Ferro ^a   Freitas, Andrei Silva ^a   Quaresma, Juarez Antonio Simões ^a   Fuzii, Hellen Thais ^a   Martins, Luisa Caricio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Molecular biology; Riverside communities

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867718668     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23356     Document Type: Article

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