Open AccessCommunity-based cross-sectional seroprevalence study of hepatitis A in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Saha Sk,
S K Saha,
Shakur Salim,
Mohammed Hanif,
Hongshen Ma,
Datta Sk,
Bock Hl
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4932
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , hepatitis a , cross sectional study , hepatitis a virus , socioeconomic status , environmental health , demography , epidemiology , hepatitis , population , immunology , serology , antibody , virus , pathology , sociology
To elucidate the age-distribution of anti-hepatitis A virus (HAV) seroprevalence across different socioeconomic status (SES) categories in Bangladesh which, despite scarce data, is generally deemed to have high endemicity.