Hepatitis E virus infection in hemodialysis patients: A seroepidemiological survey in Iran

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Taremi, Mahnaz ^a   Khoshbaten, Manouchehr ^b   Gachkar, Latif ^c   Ehsani Ardakani, Mohammad Javad ^d   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 25444480032     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-36     Document Type: Article

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