Epidemic Transmission of Enterically Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis in Mexico, 1986-1987

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 24, 1990, Pages 3281-3285

  Velázquez, Oscar ^a   Stetler, Harrison C ^b   Avila, Carlos ^a   Ornelas, Gloria ^a   Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Hadler, Stephen C ^c   Bradley, Daniel W ^c   Sepúlveda, Jaime ^a  

^a Secretariat of Health   (Mexico)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMAN; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0025298922     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440240071018     Document Type: Article

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