Age-specific antibody to hepatitis E virus has remained constant during the past 20 years in Japan

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-442

  Tanaka, Eji ^a   Matsumoto, A ^a   Takeda, N ^b   Li, T C ^b   Umemura, T ^a   Yoshizawa, K ^a   Miyakawa, Y ^c   Miyamura, T ^b   Kiyosawa, K ^a,d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis A virus antibody; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus antibody; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 21844450488     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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