Prevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen among healthy asymptomatic students in a Nigerian University

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-56

  Aminu, Maryam ^a   Okachi, Emmanuel E ^a   Abubakar, Sani M ^a   Yahaya, Abdullateef ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SPERM; SWEAT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; URINE; VAGINAL SECRETION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875951359     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.108257     Document Type: Letter

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