Molecular characterization of hepatitis-A-virus infections, in the context of two outbreaks in southern Thailand

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 727-734

  Theamboonlers, A ^a   Jantaradsamee, P ^a   Chatchatee, P ^a   Chongsrisawat, V ^a   Mokmula, M ^b   Poovorawan, Y ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Ruso Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THAILAND; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; THAILAND;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; THAILAND VIRUS;

EID: 0036816181     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125001898     Document Type: Article

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