Hepatitis a outbreak in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2012 - April 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 20486-

  Dakic, Z ^a   Musa, S ^b  

^a Bijeljina Health Center   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b Institute for Public Health of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISINFECTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84878259570     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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