Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in the United States: Results from the third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988-1994

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-56

  Kuniholm, Mark H ^d   Pureell, Robert H ^a   McQuillan, Geraldine M ^b   Engle, Ronald E ^a   Wasley, Annemarie ^c   Nelson, Kenrad E ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650663505     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599319     Document Type: Article

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