High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda: Results of a population-based survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ochola, Emmanuel ^a,b   Ocama, Ponsiano ^c   Orach, Christopher G ^c   Nankinga, Ziadah K ^a   Kalyango, Joan N ^a   McFarland, Willi ^d   Karamagi, Charles ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881056381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-727     Document Type: Review

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