Outbreaks of hepatitis A in England and Wales associated with two co-circulating hepatitis A virus strains

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1181-1188

  Ngui, Siew Lin ^a   Granerod, Julia ^a   Jewes, Linda A ^b   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a   Teo, Chong Gee ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HAV; Injecting drug use; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; ES1 GENE; ES2 GENE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; WALES;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 43949093808     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21207     Document Type: Article

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