Hepatitis A virus subgenotypes dissemination during a community outbreak in a surrounding region of Rio de Janeiro

From December 1999 to December 2001, many cases of hepatitis A were notified in the county of Belford Roxo involving individuals aged 0 to 79 years. Serum samples were collected to evaluate the prevalence of anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies, to detect HAV-RNA and to correlate with possible ri...

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Main Authors: Débora Regina Lopes dos Santos, Livia Melo Villar, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Gerson Silva de Lima, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2008-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762008000300005