Hepatitis e virus epidemiology in adult population in edirne province, Turkey;Edi̇rne'de eri̇şki̇nlerde hepati̇t e vi̇rus enfeksi̇yonu epi̇demi̇yoloji̇si̇

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-258

  Eker, Alper ^a   Tansel, Özlem ^a   Kunduracilar, Hakan ^a   Tokuç, Burcu ^a   Yuluǧkural, Zerrin ^a   Yüksel, Pelin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649591917     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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