Seroprevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) in a Korean population: comparison of two commercial anti-HEV assays

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Park, Hyun K ^a   Jeong, Sook Hyang ^a,c   Kim, Jin Wook ^a   Woo, Byung Hyun ^a   Lee, Dong H ^a,b   Kim, Hyun Y ^b   Ahn, Soyeon ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (South Korea)

^b Health Promotion Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti HEV assay; Hepatitis E virus; Korea; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENELABS ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; VIRUS CULTURE; WANTAI ASSAY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862540752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-142     Document Type: Article

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