Modelling the Force of Infection for Hepatitis A in an Urban Population-Based Survey: A Comparison of Transmission Patterns in Brazilian Macro-Regions

• Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes ,

  * E-mail: ricardo.ximenes@pq.cnpq.br

  Affiliations School of Medical Sciences, State University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Celina Maria Turchi Martelli,

  Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Department of Community Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, Goias, Brazil

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• Marcos Amaku,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana Marli C. Sartori,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Patricia Coelho de Soárez,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Hillegonda Maria Dutilh Novaes,

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão Pereira,

  Affiliations School of Medical Sciences, State University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Liver Institute of Pernambuco – IFP, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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• Regina Célia Moreira,

  Affiliation Virology Centre, Adolfo Lutz Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Gerusa Maria Figueiredo,

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Raymundo Soares de Azevedo,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• for the Hepatitis Study Group

  ¶Membership of the Hepatitis Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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