Outbreak of waterborne hepatitis E in Hyderabad, India, 2005

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-240

  Sailaja, B ^a   Murhekar, M V ^a   Hutin, Y J ^a   Kuruva, S ^b   Murthy, S P ^c   Reddy, K S Jowaher ^d   Rao, G Mastan ^d   Gupte, M D ^a,e  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases   (India)

^c Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^d Government of Andhra Pradesh   (India)

^e Tamilnadu Housing Board   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; India; Outbreak; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEWAGE; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549083088     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000952     Document Type: Article

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