Modelling the force of infection for hepatitis a in an urban population-based survey: A comparison of transmission patterns in Brazilian macro-regions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes De Alencar ^a,b   Martelli, Celina Maria Turchi ^b,c   Amaku, Marcos ^d   Sartori, Ana Marli C ^d   De Soárez, Patricia Coelho ^d   Novaes, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh ^d   Pereira, Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão ^a,e   Moreira, Regina Célia ^f   Figueiredo, Gerusa Maria ^d   De Azevedo, Raymundo Soares ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Liver Institute of Pernambuco IFP PE   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER INTOXICATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84901343487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094622     Document Type: Article

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