A severe and explosive outbreak of hepatitis B in a rural population in Sirsa district, Haryana, India: unnecessary therapeutic injections were a major risk factor.

Singh, J; Gupta, S; Khare, S; Bhatia, R; Jain, D C; Sokhey, J

Singh, J; Gupta, S; Khare, S; Bhatia, R; Jain, D C; Sokhey, J.

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Singh J; National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India.

Epidemiol Infect ; 125(3): 693-9, 2000 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11218219

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Disease Outbreaks; Equipment Contamination; Hepatitis B/transmission; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Hepatitis B/mortality; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/analysis; Hepatitis C; Humans; India/epidemiology; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Injections, Intravenous; Jaundice/etiology; Jaundice/virology; Male; Middle Aged; Needles/virology; Risk Factors; Rural Population

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Equipment Contamination / Disease Outbreaks / Hepatitis B Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Epidemiol Infect Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / EPIDEMIOLOGIA Year: 2000 Document type: Article Affiliation country: India Country of publication: United kingdom

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