The two clinico-epidemiological forms of hepatitis E

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 295-297

  Teo, C G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER FAILURE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34247120537     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00857.x     Document Type: Review

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