Hepatitis E, Central African Republic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-683

  Escribà, Josep M ^a,f   Nakoune, Emmanuel ^b   Recio, Carlos ^a   Massamba, Péguy Martial ^a   Matsika Claquin, Marcelle Diane ^b   Goumba, Charles ^c   Rose, Angela M C ^d   Nicand, Elisabeth ^e   García, Elsa ^a   Leklegban, Cornelia ^a   Koffi, Boniface ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^c Ministry of Health   (Central African Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e National Reference Centre for Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis   (France)

^f INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; FATIGUE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LETTER; MALAISE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; VIRUS GENOME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42049111873     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.070833     Document Type: Letter

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