Outbreak of hepatitis A in Korean military personnel

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-241

  Lee, Chang Seop ^a   Lee, Ju Hyung ^a   Kwon, Keun Sang ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RAIN; RIVER WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROLOGY; SOLDIER; STREAM (RIVER); SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KOREA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 45849094099     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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