Hepatitis E: An emerging awareness of an old disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-503

  Purcell, R H ^a   Emerson, S U ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Water borne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; HEPATITIS E VACCINE; NOVAVAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SWINE; TAXONOMY; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 39149098118     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.12.008     Document Type: Review

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