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Hepatitis A virus subgenotypes dissemination during a community outbreak in a surrounding region of Rio de Janeiro.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2008
Santos Débora Regina Lopes Dos, Villar Livia Melo, Paula Vanessa Salete de, Lima Gerson Silva de, Gaspar Ana Maria Coimbra
Abstract excerpt
From December 1999 to December 2001, many cases of hepatitis A were notified in the county of Belford Roxo involving individuals aged 0 to 79 years. Serum samples were collected to evaluate the prevalence of anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies, to detect HAV-RNA and to correlate with possible risk factors of HAV infection. Serum samples were screened by commercial IgM and total anti-HAV antibody ELISA and...
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