Hepatitis E associated with surgical training on pigs

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9591, 2007, Pages 935-

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   Kaba, Mamadou ^a,b   Bernit, Emmanuelle ^c   Motte, Anne ^a   Tamalet, Catherine ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 34548538154     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61441-X     Document Type: Letter

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