Surveillance of hepatitis E virus in sewage and drinking water in a resettlement colony of Delhi: What has been the experience?

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1227-1233

  Hazam, Rajib Kishore ^a   Singla, Rajiv ^a   Kishore, Jugal ^a   Singh, Saudan ^a   Gupta, Ram Kumar ^a   Kar, Premashis ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 77955173057     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0707-z     Document Type: Article

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