Hepatitis E in Qatar imported by expatriate workers from Nepal: Epidemiological characteristics and clinical manifestations

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1047-1051

  Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Saif ^a   Alkhal, Abdulatif ^a   Jacob, Joyal ^a   Ghadban, Wisam ^a   Almarri, Ajayeb ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Clinical manifestations; Hepatitis E; Nepal; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NAUSEA; NEPAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QATAR; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; WORKER; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEPAL; QATAR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449135222     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21474     Document Type: Article

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