Seroepidemiological study of hepatitis E virus infection in Japan using a newly developed antibody assay

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 317-321

  Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Takeda, Naokazu ^b   Li, Tian Chen ^b   Orii, Koji ^a   Ichijo, Tetsuya ^a   Matsumoto, Akihiro ^a   Yoshizawa, Kaname ^a   Iijima, Toshiyo ^a   Takayama, Tetsuo ^c   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^a   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a,d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Sakashita Hospital   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus antibody assay; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034993007     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170097     Document Type: Article

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