Emerging viral pathogens in long-term expatriates (I): Hepatitis E virus

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 885-891

  Janisch Th ^a   Preiser, W ^a,d   Berger, A ^a   Mikulicz, U ^b   Thoma, B ^b   Hampl, H ^c   Doerr, H W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E epidemiology; HEV antibody; HEV antibody seroprevalence; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 0030882553     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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