Role of immune serum globulins in pregnant women during an epidemic of hepatitis E

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Arankalle, V A ^a   Chadha, M S ^a   Dama, B M ^b   Tsarev, S A ^c,d   Purcell, R H ^c   Banerjee, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b Govt of Maharashtra   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Hepatitis E; ISG; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0031878162     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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