Hepatitis E virus antibodies in patients with chronic liver disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-481

  Atiq, Muslim ^a   Shire, Norah J ^b   Barrett, Anna ^b   Rouster, Susan D ^b   Sherman, Kenneth E ^b   Shata, Mohamed T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 63849186001     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.080740     Document Type: Article

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