CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences.
Edited by: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP)
CLINICS is an electronic journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles in continuous flow, of interest to clinicians and researchers in medical and biomedical sciences.
Edited by: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP)
01/Jan/2005
Marcelo El Khouri, Leandro Savoy Duarte, Rafael Bernadon Ribeiro, Luis Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo, Vera Aparecida dos Santos, [...]
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322005000100007
PURPOSE: This study was carried out in Monte Negro (state of Rondônia), a village in the Brazilian western Amazon region, where a University of São Paulo Medical School program for medical student training in rural assistance took place. It aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, to investigate risk factors for infection, and to evaluate the State immunization program against hepatitis B virus in the region. METHODS: The study is a cross-sectional seroprevalence survey, […]
Keywords: Amazon region; Brazil; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Immunization programs; Seroprevalence