Viral hepatitis e outbreak in Al-Sadr city, Baghdad, Iraq;Flambée d'hépatite virale e à Al-Sadr city, Bagdad, Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1128-1132

  Al Nasrawi, K K ^a   Al Diwan, J K ^a   Al Hadithi, T S ^a   Saleh, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b HAWLER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650250914     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.11.1128     Document Type: Article

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