A man who contracted hepatitis E in the Netherlands;Een man met in Nederland opgelopen hepatitis E

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 152, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 2689-2692

  Ahmed, A I A ^a   Vreede, R W ^b   Al Saudi, N ^a   Herremans, M ^c   Brouwer, J T ^a  

^a Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis   (Netherlands)

^b Afd Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 57649217554     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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