Evaluation of hepatitis B infection prevalence in institutionalized intellectually disabled children
Novelty in Biomedicine. 2016; 4 (2): 61-66
in English
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| ID: emr-178773
ABSTRACT
Background:
Hepatitis B virus [HBV] infection causes chronic infection in human population, with high mortality. One of the high risk communities is mentally retarded children, who are institutionalized. Special conditions in these centers predispose children for HBV infection and transmission to healthy people. In this study our objective was to determine the prevalence of HBV infection among institutionalized mentally retarded children and study its associated risk factors
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Hepatitis B virus
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Hepatitis B Vaccines
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Persons with Mental Disabilities
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Intellectual Disability
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Novelty Biomed.
Year:
2016
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