Epidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus infection in isolated villages in the western Brazilian Amazon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 768-774

  Castilho, Márcia Da Costa ^a   De Oliveira, Cintia Mara Costa ^a   De Lima Gimaque, João Bosco ^a   Di Tommaso Leão, Jorge ^a   Braga, Wornei Silva Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867919257     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0083     Document Type: Article

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