The incidence of HBV and HCV infection in Australian travelers to Asia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-205

  Johnson, Douglas F ^a   Ratnam, Irani ^b   Matchett, Elizabeth ^b   Earnest Silveria, Linda ^a   Christiansen, Dale ^a   Leder, Karin ^b,c   Grayson, Michael L ^a   Torresi, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAMBODIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEPAL; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84876258706     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12029     Document Type: Article

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