HEV infection as an aetiologic factor for acute hepatitis: Experience from a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-19

  Mamun Al Mahtab, ^a   Rahman, Salimur ^a   Khan, Mobin ^a   Karim, Fazal ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Dhaka Mahanagar General Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Hepatitis; Hepatitis E infections; Hepatitis E virus; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BANGLADESH; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149088335     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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