An outbreak of hepatitis E tracked to a spring in the foothills of the Himalayas, India, 2005

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-101

  Martolia, Harish Chandra Singh ^a   Hutin, Yvan ^a,b   Ramachandran, Vidya ^a   Manickam, Ponniah ^a   Murhekar, Manoj ^a   Gupte, Mohan ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Hepatitis E; Outbreak; Water safety; Water borne diseases

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY; AGED; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449151234     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-009-0036-x     Document Type: Article

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