Epidemiological and genetic analysis of a sustained community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in the Republic of Korea, 2008: A hospital-based case-control study

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-188

  Yoon, Young Kyung ^a   Chun, Byung Chul ^a   Lee, Ha Kyung ^a   Seo, Yeon Seok ^a   Shin, Jung Ho ^a   Hong, Yoon Sik ^a   Sim, Hee Sun ^a   Kim, Jeoung Yeon ^a   Kim, Jeong Yeon ^a   Park, Yoon Seon ^a   Park, Dae Won ^a   Sohn, Jang Wook ^a   Kim, Min Ja ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Disease outbreaks; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 69449086128     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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