Hepatitis B infection prevalence by country of birth in migrant populations in a large UK city

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-82

  Cochrane, Alexandra ^a   Evlampidou, Iro ^b,c   Irish, Charles ^b,d   Ingle, Suzanne M ^e   Hickman, Matthew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d Bristol Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global; Hepatitis B; Migrant; Prevalence; Screening; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NORTH AFRICA; PAKISTAN; POLAND; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SOMALIA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; CITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

CITIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930526510     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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