Hepatitis B virus among Saudi National Guard Personnel: Seroprevalence and risk of exposure

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 237-245

  Al Thaqafy, Majid S ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^b   Memish, Ziad ^c   Makhdom, Yahya M ^c   Ibrahim, Adel ^c   Al Amri, Abdulfattah ^a   Al Thaqafi, Abdulhakeem ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Exposure; Hepatitis B virus; Military; Prevalence; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOSCOPY; EYE JAUNDICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879602969     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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