Low prevalence of hepatitis E infection among pregnant women in Madrid, Spain

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1666-1668

  Lindemann, Maria Luisa Mateos ^a   Gabilondo, Gustavo ^a   Romero, Beatriz ^a   De La Maza, Oihane Martín S ^a   Pérez Gracia, Maria Teresa ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; HEV; Imported diseases; Pregnant women; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 77956609001     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21840     Document Type: Article

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