Seroepidemiological markers of enterically transmitted viral hepatitis A and E in individuals living in a community located in the North Area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Seroepidemiological markers of enterically transmitted viral hepatitis A and E in individuals living in a community located in the North Area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

We investigated the seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in subjects living in the community of Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and assisted at the Health Unit of Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. After formal consent, individuals...

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Main Authors: Damião Carlos Moraes dos Santos, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Débora Regina Lopes dos Santos, Cláudia Lamarca Vitral, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
hepatitis A virus
hepatitis E virus
seroprevalence
epidemiology
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
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