Epidemiological update of hepatitis B, C and delta in Latin America

Antiviral Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3 PARTB, 2013, Pages 429-433

  Alvarado Mora, Mónica V ^a   Rebello Pinho, João R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; LATIN AMERICA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 84879649123     PISSN: 13596535     EISSN: 20402058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3851/IMP2595     Document Type: Review

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