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Status of hepatitis B infection - a decade after hepatitis B vaccination of susceptible Nicobarese, an indigenous tribe of Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands with high hepatitis B endemicity

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, home to six primitive tribes, constituting about 10 per cent of the total population of these Islands have been detected with high endemicity of hepatitis B infection. During 2000, a total of 936 individuals ≤ 45 yr, negative for hep...

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Autores principales: Bhattacharya, Haimanti, Bhattacharya, Debdutta, Ghosal, S.R., Roy, Subarna, Sugunan, A.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26139785
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5916.159573