Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus in Immigrants: A Seroepidemiological Survey in the District of Foggia (Apulia-Southern Italy)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-265

  Scotto, Gaetano ^a   Martinelli, Domenico ^a   Giammario, Adele ^a   Prato, Rosa ^a   Fazio, Vincenzina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Foggia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Immigrants; Seroepidemiological survey

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITALY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84871092904     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23400     Document Type: Article

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