Low seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in pregnant women in Yunnan, China

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 716-717

  Huang, Fen ^a   Ma, Tianwu ^a   Li, Li ^b   Zeng, Weikun ^a   Jing, Shenrong ^a  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888062980     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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