Non-travel-associated hepatitis E in England and Wales: Demographic, clinical, and molecular epidemiological characteristics

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1166-1172

  Ijaz, Samreen ^a,b   Arnold, Eve ^b   Banks, Malcolm ^f   Bendall, Richard P ^d   Cramp, Matthew E ^e   Cunningham, Richard ^e   Dalton, Harry R ^d   Harrison, Tim J ^c   Hill, Simon F ^g   MacFarlane, Lorna ^h   Meigh, Rolf E ⁱ   Shafi, Shuja ^j   Sheppard, Martin J ^k   Smithson, Jacquie ^l   Wilson, Melanie P ^m   Teo, Chong Gee ^a  

^a Virus Reference Department Public Health England   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h Bronglais General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k Withybush General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^l HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^m HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS 3; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; WALES;

EID: 25444456946     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444396     Document Type: Article

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