Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus varies considerably among chinese provinces

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Dong, Chen ^a   Dai, Xing ^b   Liang, Jiuhong ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Meng, Jihong ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Hepatitis E; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 84864470920     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.6194     Document Type: Article

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