Prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies in healthy persons in southern Italy

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-35

  Pavia, M ^a   Iiritano, E ^b   Veratti, M A ^b   Angelillo, I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031965234     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02768749     Document Type: Article

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