Hepatitis E antibody seroconversion without disease in highly endemic rural Egyptian communities

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Stoszek, Sonia K ^a   Engle, Ronald E ^b   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^a,c   Mikhail, Nabiel ^c,d   Abdel Aziz, Fatma ^e   Medhat, Ahmed ^d   Fix, Alan D ^a   Emerson, Suzanne U ^b   Purcell, Robert H ^b   Strickland, G Thomas ^a  

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

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

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

^d Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^e Center for Field and Applied Research   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Incidence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD WASHING; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 29744468969     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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