Dual infection with hepatitis A and E viruses in outbreaks and in sporadic clinical cases: Cuba 1998-2003

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 798-802

  Lay, Licel De Los Angeles Rodríguez ^a,f,g,h   Quintana, Ariel ^b   Villalba, María Caridad Montalvo ^a   Lemos, Gilda ^c   Corredor, Marité Bello ^a   Moreno, Aidonis Gutiérrez ^a   Prieto, Pablo Aguiar ^d   Guzmán, María G ^a   Anderson, David ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^d MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

^e MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^f Department of Virology   (Cuba)

^g WHO/PAHO Collaborator Center for the Study of Viral Diseases   (Cuba)

^h National Reference Laboratory on Viral Hepatitis   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Co circulation; Co infection; Hepatitis A virus (HAV); Hepatitis E virus (HEV); IgM; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CUBA; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CUBA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 41849100722     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21147     Document Type: Article

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