Comparative hepatitis A seroepidemiology in 10 European countries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2172-2181

  Kurkela, S ^a,b   Pebody, R ^a   Kafatos, G ^a   Andrews, N ^a   Barbara, C ^c   Bruzzone, B ^d   Butur, D ^e   Caplinskas, S ^f   Davidkin, I ^g   Hatzakis, A ^h   Hellenbrand, W ⁱ   Hesketh, L M ^a   Nardone, A ^a   Nemecek, V ^j   Pistol, A ^k   Sobotova, Z ^l   Vranckx, R ^m   Anastassopoulou, C G ^h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b European Public Health Microbiology Fellowship Programme (EUPHEM)   (Sweden)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^f Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS   (Lithuania)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

ⁱ ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^l Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^m SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Europe; hepatitis A; hepatitis A antibodies; incidence; serology; vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869465532     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000015     Document Type: Article

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