Hepatitis E virus infection

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hooks, S Bennet ^a   Billings, C Julian ^a   Herrera, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VACCINE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS RECOMBINANT PROTEIN VACCINE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 60749115090     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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