Investigating a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A in India

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 59-64

  Rakesh, P S ^a   Sherin, Daniel ^a   Sankar, Hari ^a   Shaji, Marydasan ^a   Subhagan, Saraswathy ^a   Salila, Sreekumar ^a  

^a District Surveillance Unit Integrated Disease Surveillance Project District Medical Office   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Outbreak investigation; Vaccination; Water contamination; Water supply

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901439732     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.132040     Document Type: Article

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