Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in Western India

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-262

  Amarapurkar, Deepak ^a,c   Agal, Subhash ^b   Baijal, Rajiv ^b   Gupte, Parijat ^b   Patel, Nikhil ^a   Kamani, Praful ^b   Kumar, Pravin ^b  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Jag Jivan Ram Western Railway Hospital   (India)

^c Ameya RBI Employees Co Op Housing Society   (India)

Author keywords

Age specific seroprevalence; Hepatitis; Hepatitis A; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67649209453     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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