The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A in the Netherlands; the usefulness of typing isolated viral strains;Moleculaire epidemiologic van hepatitis A in Nederland; het nut van het typeren van geïsoleerde virusstammen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 2779-2786

  Bruisten, S M ^a   Tjon, G M S ^a   Van Den Hoek, J A R ^a   Wijkmans, C J ^a   Gotz H M ^a   Coutinho, R A ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 37349007332     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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