Seroprevalence and anti-HEV persistence in the general population of the Republic of San Marino

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Rapicetta, Maria ^a   Kondili, Loreta Anesti ^a   Pretolani, Stefano ^b   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^c   Chionne, Paola ^a   Villano, Umbertina ^a   Madonna, Elisabetta ^a   Casali, Ferruccio ^e   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; HEV antibody; Prevalence; Western blot

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PREDICTION; SAN MARINO; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAN MARINO;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032952574     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199905)58:1<49::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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