Epidemiology of hepatitis E: Current status

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1484-1493

  Aggarwal, Rakesh ^a   Naik, Sita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Enterically transmitted hepatitis; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS E VACCINE; HEV 239 VACCINE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN ORF2; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS E VIRUS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INCUBATION TIME; INJECTION SITE PAIN; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 69949175237     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05933.x     Document Type: Review

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