Methodology of a nationwide cross-sectional survey of prevalence and epidemiological patterns of hepatitis A, B and C infection in Brazil Metodologia de um estudo de inquérito nacional da prevalência e de padrõesa epidemiológicos das hepatites A, B e C no Brasil

• Main Authors: Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes (Author), Leila Maria Beltrão Pereira (Author), Celina Maria Turchi Martelli (Author), Edgar Merchán-Hamann (Author), Airton Tetelbom Stein (Author), Gerusa Maria Figueiredo (Author), Maria Cynthia Braga (Author), Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos (Author), Leila Melo Brasil (Author), Marília Dalva Turchi (Author), José Carlos Ferraz da Fonseca (Author), Maria Luiza Carvalho de Lima (Author), Luis Cláudio Arraes de Alencar (Author), Marcelo Costa (Author), Gabriela Coral (Author), Regina Celia Moreira (Author), Maria Regina Alves Cardoso (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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A population-based survey to provide information on the prevalence of hepatitis viral infection and the pattern of risk factors was carried out in the urban population of all Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, between 2005 and 2009. This paper describes the design and methodology of...