Epidemiology of zoonotic hepatitis E: A community-based surveillance study in a rural population in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Feng Cai ^a   Huang, Shou Jie ^b   Wu, Ting ^b   Zhang, Xue Feng ^a   Wang, Zhong Ze ^c   Ai, Xing ^a,d   Yan, Qiang ^b   Yang, Chang Lin ^c   Cai, Jia Ping ^c   Jiang, Han Min ^c   Wang, Yi Jun ^c   Ng, Mun Hon ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Xia, Ning Shao ^b  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dongtai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SPRING; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900341051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087154     Document Type: Article

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