Hepatitis e in high-income countries

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-527

  Pavio, Nicole ^a   Mansuy, Jean Michel ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; chronic infection; food borne disease; viral hepatitis E; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77956226429     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32833de683     Document Type: Review

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