Outbreaks of hepatitis A among children in western India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 911-916

  Chadha, M S ^a   Lole, K S ^a   Bora, M H ^b   Arankalle, V A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b SRPF Group V   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Genotype IIIA; Hepatitis A; India; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 68349111701     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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