Ranking of Administrative Districts of Almaty City by Incidence of Hepatitis B and C

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Lyazat Zh. Orakbay, PhD, ScD*; Maria N. Omarova, PhD, ScD; Idelbay Kh. Shuratov, PhD,ScD; Aizhan B. Dzhumagalieva, PhD

Scientific Centre of Hygiene and Epidemiology named after Hamza Zhumatov; Almaty, Kazakhstan

*Corresponding author: Lyazat Orakbay, PhD, ScD. Scientific Centre of Hygiene and Epidemiology named after Hamza Zhumatov. Almaty, Kazakhstan. E-mail: ncgigieny@mail.ru

Published: September 16, 2017.  doi: 10.21103/Article7(3)_OA16

Abstract: 

The incidence of acute and chronic hepatitis B and C in the districts of Almaty city over the past 10 years is presented in this article.

Keywords: 
acute hepatitis B ● acute hepatitis C ● chronic hepatitis B ● chronic hepatitis C ● vaccination
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