Hepatitis A virus in Middle East countries: More evidence needed

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Mahboobi, Nastaran ^a   Safari, Saeid ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

EDITORIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE EAST; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 77955273869     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2010.01.002     Document Type: Editorial

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