Cluster of cases of acute hepatitis associated with hepatitis E virus infection acquired in The Netherlands

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Widdowson, Marc Alain ^c   Jaspers, Wim J M ^d   Van Der Poel, Wim H M ^d   Verschoor, Froukje ^d   De Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^d   Winter, H L J ^a   Zaaijer, Hans L ^b   Koopmans, Marion ^d  

^a Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

^b Sanquin Bloedbank Regio Noordwest Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Mailstop G 04 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0037232684     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345439     Document Type: Article

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