Virological investigation of a hepatitis E epidemic in North India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 769-773

  Kumar, S ^a   Ratho, R K ^a   Chawla, Y K ^b   Chakraborti, A ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Hepatology ^*

^c Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology   (India)

Author keywords

Enterically transmitted non A non B hepatitis virus; Hepatitis E virus; Pregnancy complications; Viral epidemic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33748627431     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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