Hepatitis E seroprevalence and seroconversion among US military service members deployed to Afghanistan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1302-1308

  Eick, Angelia ^a   Ticehurst, John ^b,c,d   Tobler, Steven ^a   Nevin, Remington ^a   Lindler, Luther ^a,f   Hu, Zheng ^a   MacIntosh, Victor ^a,g   Jarman, Richard G ^e   Gibbons, Robert V ^e   Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^e   Gaydos, Joel ^a  

^a Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^f Science and Technology Directorate Department of Homeland Security ^*  (United States)

^g US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

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

EID: 77958109855     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656598     Document Type: Article

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