Hepatitis E virus seroepidemiology and its change during 1 year in primary school students in Ankara, Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 831-835

  Maral, I ^a   Budakoglu, I I ^a   Ceyhan, M N ^a   Atak, A ^b   Bumin, M A ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; School children; Seroepidemiology; Seroprevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 77954647149     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02963.x     Document Type: Article

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