Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis B virus in an urban population of northeast Brazil
A sample of 1,288 inhabitants of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, were submitted to the determination of anti-HBs using radioimmunoassay procedure, and analysed according to age, sex and income. Overall prevalence of anti-HBs was 11,8%. ranging from 6,7% among children aged less than three years old to 26,1...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1986-12-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651986000600005&lng=en&tlng=en |