Hepatitis E virus infection among pig handlers in Accra, Ghana

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 359-363

  Adjei, A A ^a   Aviyase, J T ^a   Tettey, Y ^a   Adu Gyamfi, C ^b   Mingle, J A A ^a   Ayeh Kumi, P F ^a   Adiku, T K ^a   Gyasi, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952399735     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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