Serological markers of hepatitis A, B and C viruses in rural communities of the semiarid Brazilian Northeast

In the village of Cavunge, located in a dry tropical, semiarid rural region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, a sentinel study on viral hepatitis is underway. We report on the first part of the study. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of serological markers for hepatitis A, B...

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Main Authors: Delvone Almeida, José Tavares-Neto, Ludmila Vitvitski, Alessandro Almeida, Caroline Mello, Diana Santana, Fernando Tatsch, Raymundo Paraná
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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