Enhanced Surveillance of Acute Hepatitis B and C in Four Health Regions in Canada, 1998 TO 1999

Affiliations

Shimian Zou: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jun Zhang: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Martin Tepper: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Antonio Giulivi: Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Beverley Baptiste: Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gerry Predy: Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Darlene Poliquin: Ottawa-Carleton Health Department, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Manon Morin: Ottawa-Carleton Health Department, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Donna Jones: Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joy Loewen: Calgary Regional Health Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Margaret Ogonowski: Manitoba Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Stephen Moses: Manitoba Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lawrence Elliott: Manitoba Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence and risk factors for acute hepatitis B and acute hepatitis C in a defined Canadian population.

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575