International collaborative survey on epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in 11 countries

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-95

  Abe, Kenji ^a   Li, Tian Cheng ^a   Ding, Xin ^a   Win, Khin Maung ^b   Shrestha, Pradeep Krishna ^c   Quang, Vo Xuan ^d   Ngoc, Trinh Thi ^e   Taltavull, Teresa Casanovas ^f   Smirnov, Andrei V ^g   Uchaikin, Vasily F ^g   Luengrojanakul, Pairoj ^h   Gu, Hongxi ⁱ   El Zayadi, Abdel Rahman ^j   Prince, Alfred M ^k   Kikuchi, Kaoru ^l   Masaki, Naohiko ^m   Inui, Ayano ⁿ   Sata, Tetsutaro ^a   Takeda, Naokazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Yangon General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^d CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^e BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^g PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Cairo Liver Center   (Egypt)

^k NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^l Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ International University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

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EID: 33744467382     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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