Duality of patterns in hepatitis a epidemiology: A study involving two socioeconomically distinct populations in Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil

To evaluate the prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A in two socioeconomically distinct populations, 101 and 82 serum samples from high and low socioeconomic groups, respectively, were analysed for the presence of IgG anti-HAV using a commercial ELISA. The prevalence in low socioeconomic leve...

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Main Authors: João Renato Rebello PINHO, Laura Massami SUMITA, Regina Célia MOREIRA, Vanda Akico U. Fick de SOUZA, Claudia P. SARACENI, Isabel Takano OBA, Mariana C. S. CARVALHO, Claudio Sergio PANNUTI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998-03-01
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=S0036-46651998000200007&tlng=en