Seasonal variation of hepatitis A virus infection in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection constitutes a major public health problem in Brazil. The transmission of HAV is primarily by fecal-oral route so the water is an important vehicle of HAV dissemination. There is a great incidence of acute cases of hepatitis A in some areas of Brazil however the seas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2002-10-01
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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=S0036-46652002000500011&tlng=en |