Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in rural and urban populations, Tunisia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Houcine, Neffati ^a,b   Jacques, Ritter ^b,c   Salma, Feki ^d   Anne Gaëlle, Dron ^b,c,e   Amin, Slim ^f   Mohsen, Hassine ^g   Hamadi, Braham ^h   Christophe, Ramiere ^c,e   Patrice, Andre ^b,c,e   Mahjoub, Aouni ^a   Caroline, Scholtes ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Tunis   (Tunisia)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^g FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^h Department of Hematology   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HEV; Seroepidemiology; Seroprevalence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84859925654     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03793.x     Document Type: Article

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