Sero-prevalence and mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis E virus among pregnant women in the United Arab Emirates

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-15

  Kumar, Rachana M ^a,c   Uduman, Sayenna ^a   Rana, Sarosh ^b   Kochiyil, Jose K ^a   Usmani, Asad ^a   Thomas, Letha ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

HEV; Mother to infant; Sero prevalence; Transmission; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035842456     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(01)00448-1     Document Type: Article

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