Cross-sectional study of hepatitis B virus infection in rural communities, Central African Republic

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Komas, Narcisse P ^a   Vickos, Ulrich ^a   Hübschen, Judith M ^b   Béré, Aubin ^a   Manirakiza, Alexandre ^a   Muller, Claude P ^b   Le Faou, Alain ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; HBV; HBV genotyping; HBV prevalence; HBV risk factors; Hepatitis B virus; Rural community

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879237325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-286     Document Type: Article

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