Epidemiological and serological aspects of hepatitis A among children and teenagers in the city of Santos: a cross-sectional study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Viral hepatitis A is still a concern at public health level in Brazil and around the world, due both to the number of affected subjects and the possibility of complications in the acute forms. The Brazilian Ministry of Health estimates that at least 70% of this country's...

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Main Authors: Maria Célia Cunha Ciaccia, Regina Célia Moreira, Alexandre Archanjo Ferraro, Marcílio Figueiredo Lemos, Isabel Takano Oba, Gilda Porta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000400005&lng=en&tlng=en