Epidemiological and virological characterization of a large community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in southern Italy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1027-1034

  Pontrelli, G ^a,b   Boccia, D ^c   Di Renzi, M ^c   Massari, M ^a   Giugliano, F ^d   Celentano, L Pastore ^a   Taffon, S ^a   Genovese, D ^a   Di Pasquale, S ^a   Scalise, F ^a   Rapicetta, M ^a   Croci, L ^a   Salmaso, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c EPIET   (Sweden)

^d Ist Naz Stud e la Cura dei Tumori   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SHELLFISH;

EID: 47249156828     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700951X     Document Type: Article

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