First Assessment of Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence in the North of Portugal;Primeira Avaliação da Seroprevaléncia do Virus da Hepatite E nu Norte de Portugal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1065-1068

  Macedo, Guilherme ^a   Pinto, Teresa ^a   Sarmento, J Alexandre ^a   Vale, Ana Maria H ^a   Ribeiro, Tomé ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0346877404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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