The evolving epidemiology of hepatitis A in the United States: Incidence and molecular epidemiology from population-based surveillance, 2005-2007

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1811-1818

  Klevens, R Monina ^a   Miller, Jeremy T ^a   Iqbal, Kashif ^a   Thomas, Ann ^b   Rizzo, Elena M ^c   Hanson, Heather ^d   Sweet, Kristin ^e   Phan, Quyen ^f   Cronquist, Alicia ^g   Khudyakov, Yury ^a   Xia, Guo Liang ^a   Spradling, Philip ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f CDC   (United States)

^g Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149393802     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.401     Document Type: Article

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