Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in austrian adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study among civilians and military professionals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lagler, Heimo ^a   Poeppl, Wolfgang ^a,b   Winkler, Heidi ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Faas, Angelus ^b   Mooseder, Gerhard ^b   Burgmann, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute for Medical Support Military Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUSTRIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOLDIER; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AUSTRIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896827108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087669     Document Type: Article

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