A community prevalence study of antibodies to hepatitis A and E in inner-city London

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Bernal, W ^a   Smith, H M ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti HAV; anti HEV; community study

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 0029762301     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199607)49:3<230::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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