Preliminary report on an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis a in Estonia, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 2-

  Dontsenko I ^a   Kerbo, N ^a   Pullmann, J ^b   Plank, S ^c   Vozelevskaja N ^d   Kutsar, K ^a  

^a Health Board   (Estonia)

^b Southern Service of the Health Board   (Estonia)

^c Southern Service of the Health Board   (Estonia)

^d Northern Service of the Health Board   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTONIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; URINE COLOR; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80054794277     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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