Hepatitis E virus is highly prevalent among pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa, with different patterns between rural and urban areas

Virology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Caron, Mélanie ^a,b   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Service de Cooperation et d'Action Culturelle   (Gabon)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749116114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-158     Document Type: Article

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