Silent hepatitis E virus infection in Dutch blood donors, 2011 to 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 31, 2013, Pages

  Slot, E ^a   Hogema, B M ^a   Riezebos Brilman, A ^b   Kok, T M ^a   Molier, M ^a   Zaaijer, H L ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84881078589     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.31.20550     Document Type: Article

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