Nosocomial outbreak of hepatitis E infection in Pakistan with possible parenteral transmission [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 908-909

  Siddiqui, Amna R ^a   Jooma, Rashid A ^b   Smego Jr , Raymond A ^a,c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14944359743     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428357     Document Type: Letter

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