High prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies in pregnant Egyptian women

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Stoszek, Sonia K ^a   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^a,b   Saleh, Doa'a A ^c   El Kafrawy, Sherif ^b,c   Narooz, Shaker ^b   Hawash, Yousry ^c   Shebl, Fatma M ^a,c   El Daly, Mai ^b,c   Said, Ahmed ^c   Kassem, Enas ^c   Mikhail, Nabiel ^b   Engle, Ronald E ^d   Sayed, Mohamed ^c   Sharaf, Soraya ^c   Fix, Alan D ^d   Emerson, Suzanne U ^d   Purcell, Robert H ^d   Strickland, G Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEPATOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 29744447681     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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