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Prevalence of viral hepatitis B and C in riverside communities of the Tucuruí Dam, Pará, Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2012
de Almeida Marcella Kelly Costa, Dos Santos Kemper Nunes, Fecury Amanda Alves, de Oliveira Cláudia Suellen Ferro, Freitas Andrei Silva, Quaresma Juarez Antonio Simões, Fuzii Hellen Thais, Martins Luisa Caricio
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiologically, the relevance of infection caused by hepatitis viruses is related mainly to their wide geographic distribution and the large number of infected individuals in all parts of the world. In this study, 668 residents from the islands around the Tucuruí Dam were selected. Blood samples were collected for investigation of serological markers (HBsAg, total anti-HBc, anti-HBS, and anti-HCV) by enzyme...
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