Hepatitis E in Damascus, Syria

Infection

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-223

  Al Azmeh, J ^c   Darwish, Z ^c   Bashour, H ^c   Monem, F ^a   Frosner G ^b  

^a Assad University Hospital   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYRIA;

EID: 0004069778     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02561535     Document Type: Article

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