Hepatitis A transmitted by food

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 705-715

  Fiore, Anthony E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACETAMOL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL HYGIENE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HYGIENE; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYGIENE; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 1442351732     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381671     Document Type: Review

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