Hepatitis E in England and Wales

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-167

  Lewis, Hannah C ^a   Boisson, Sophie ^a   Ijaz, Samreen ^a   Hewitt, Kirsten ^a   Siew, Lin Ngui ^a   Boxall, Elizabeth ^b   Chong, Gee Teo ^a   Morgan, Dilys ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b West Midlands Public Health Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 38049041340     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070307     Document Type: Article

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