Case Reports
Salivary Transmission in an Intrafamilial Cluster of Hepatitis B
Aude Marie-Cardine,
Olivier Mouterde, Sabine Dubuisson, Claudine Buffet-Janvresse,
Eric Mallet,
Corresponding Author
Aude Marie-Cardine
Department of Pediatrics, Rouen, France
Address correspondence to Dr. O. Mouterde, Department of Pediatrics, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorClaudine Buffet-Janvresse
Department of Virology, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
Search for more papers by this authorAude Marie-Cardine,
Olivier Mouterde, Sabine Dubuisson, Claudine Buffet-Janvresse,
Eric Mallet,
Corresponding Author
Aude Marie-Cardine
Department of Pediatrics, Rouen, France
Address correspondence to Dr. O. Mouterde, Department of Pediatrics, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France (e-mail: [email protected]).Search for more papers by this authorClaudine Buffet-Janvresse
Department of Virology, Rouen University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 01 February 2002
Reprints will not be available from the author.

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