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Hepatitis B Virus
Data on hepatitis B virus reported by L. Salleras and co-researchers
March 12th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in Barcelona, Spain conducted a study "To analyze the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection markers and hepatitis B vaccination in a representative sample of the juvenile and adult population of Catalonia and to evaluate the changes with respect to seroepidemiological surveys carried out in 1989 and 1996. In all subjects anti-HBc and anti-HBs antibodies and HBsAg were determined using an ELISA test." "The possible association between sociodemographic variables and the prevalence of markers was analysed by calculating the adjusted odd ratio (simple logistic regression). The study was carried out in 2002 in...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-12)
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