Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in blood donors in Greece

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-387

  Pittaras, T ^a,b   Valsami, S ^a   Mavrouli, M ^a   Kapsimali, V ^b   Tsakris, A ^b   Politou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD DONOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GREECE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898780850     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12122     Document Type: Letter

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