Serum Prevalence of Antibodies for Hepatitis E Virus in the North of Portugal (in a population of donors);Seroprevalência de Anticorpos para o Vírus da Hepatite E na Região Norte de Portugal (numa população de dadores)

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 447-454

  Queirós, Lucinda ^a   Condeço, Jorge ^a   Tender, Alzira ^a   Mateus, Manuela ^a   Teixeira, Amélia ^a   Pascoal, Herminia ^a  

^a Instituto Portugues de Sangue   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031155121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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