Hepatitis e virus infection is highly prevalent among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana

Virology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Adjei, Andrew A ^a   Tettey, Yao ^a   Aviyase, John T ^a   Adu Gyamfi, Clement ^b,c   Obed, Samuel ^a   Mingle, Julius A ^a   Ayeh Kumi, Patrick F ^a   Adiku, Theophilus K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Kumasi South Hospital   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; AGE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749122025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-6-108     Document Type: Article

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