Hepatitis B screening in travelers: A retrospective analysis

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 707-712

  Gergely, Anna ^a   Bechet, Stephane ^b   Goujon, Catherine ^a   Benabdelmoumen, Ghania ^a   Consigny, Paul Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Association clinique et therapeutique infantile du Val de Marne ACTIV   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Immigrant; Screening; Seroepidemiology; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE EAST; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; VACCINATION; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916227290     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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