Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-136

  Tjon, G M S ^a   Wijkmans, C J ^b   Coutinho, R A ^a,c   Koek, A G ^a   Van Den Hoek, J A R ^a   Leenders, A C A P ^d   Schneeberger, P M ^d   Bruisten, S M ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; CSF; HAV; Hepatitis A virus; IgM antiHAV; Men who have sex with men; MHS; MSM; Municipal Health Service; nt; Nucleotides; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RT PCR; Type M immune globulin antibodies to HAV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 11844263879     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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