Hepatitis E virus infections among US military personnel deployed to Afghanistan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1297-1299

  Labrique, Alain B ^a   Nelson, Kenrad E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958086063     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656599     Document Type: Note

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