Novel risk factors associated with hepatitis E virus infection in a large outbreak in Northern Uganda: Results from a case-control study and environmental analysis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1170-1173

  Howard, Christopher M ^a   Handzel, Thomas ^a   Hill, Vincent R ^b   Grytdal, Scott P ^c   Blanton, Curtis ^a   Kamili, Saleem ^c   Drobeniuc, Jan ^c   Hu, Dale ^c   Teshale, Eyasu ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; UGANDA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; UGANDA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952061810     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0384     Document Type: Article

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