Evidence of Hepatitis A virus circulation in central Argentina: Seroprevalence and environmental surveillance

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-43

  Yanez, Laura A ^a   Lucero, Noelia S ^a   Barril, Patricia A ^a   Díaz, María del P ^a   Tenaglia, María M ^b   Spinsanti, Lorena I ^a   Nates, Silvia V ^a   Isa, María B ^a,b   Ré, Viviana E ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Environmental surveillance; Hepatitis A Virus; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WASTE WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI-HAV; ARG-CBA-WW; ARGENTINA; ARGENTINA-CÓRDOBA-WASTEWATER; EIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HAV; HAV ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; IGG; IGM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OD; ODD RATIO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RT-NESTED PCR; SAMPLING POINTS; SEROPREVALENCE; SP; UNTRANSLATED REGION; UTR; VARIABLE PROTEIN1-2A; VP1-2A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEWAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891833064     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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