Hepatitis E Virus infection in sheltered homeless persons, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1031-

  Larrat, Sylvie ^a   Gaillard, Stéphanie ^a   Baccard, Monique ^a   Piroth, Lionel ^a   Cacoub, Patrice ^a   Pol, Stanislas ^a   Perronne, Christian ^a   Carrat, Fabrice ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

DRUG USE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS E; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84861204571     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.110632     Document Type: Letter

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