Use of PCR for detection of faecal HAV as a screening tool in an outbreak of hepatitis A in daycare centres

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 549-555

  Rump, B O ^a   Visser, O ^a   Te Wierik, M J M ^a   Vennema, H ^b   Fanoy, E B ^a,b  

^a Municipal Public Health Organization Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; infectious disease control; laboratory tests; molecular typing methods; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870868224     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000854     Document Type: Article

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