Seroepidemiology of hepatitis E virus in patients with non-A, non-B, non-C hepatitis in Hungary

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 927-930

  Haagsman, Annika ^a   Reuter, Gábor ^b   Duizer, Erwin ^a   Nagy, Gyuláné ^b   Herremans, Tineke ^a   Koopmans, Marion ^a   Szücs, György ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anti HEV antibodies; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Hungary; Non A, non B, non C hepatitis; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B NON C; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34249912113     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20869     Document Type: Article

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