Hepatitis E: an emerging infection in developed countries

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 698-709

  Dalton, Harry R ^a   Bendall, Richard ^a   Ijaz, Samreen ^b   Banks, Malcolm ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE; PLACEBO;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 54049157144     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70255-X     Document Type: Review

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