An outbreak of hepatitis A in Roma populations living in three prefectures in Greece

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1025-1031

  Vantarakis, A ^a   Nearxou, A ^b   Pagonidis, D ^b   Melegos, F ^b   Seretidis, J ^b   Kokkinos, P ^a   Zarkadis, I ^a   Parasidis, T ^c   Alamanos, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Rodopi Prefecture   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Hepatitis A virus; Outbreak; Roma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; SANITATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREECE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77953615963     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991257     Document Type: Article

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