Anti-hepatitis A virus frequency in adolescents at an outpatient clinic in São Paulo, Brazil Soroprevalência de hepatite A em adolescentes de ambulatório em São Paulo, Brasil
The prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies was assessed in adolescents (age ranging from 10.4 to 19.9 years) at an Adolescent Outpatient Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil. Anti-HAV was detected in 137 (54.2%) out of 253 individuals. When separated into two age groups, anti-HAV frequency was high...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2006-02-01
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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=S0036-46652006000100009 |