Hepatitis A outbreak in Italy, 2013: A matched case–control study

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 37, 2014, Pages

  Montano Remacha C ^a,b   Ricotta, L ^a,c   Alfonsi, V ^a   Bella, A ^a   Tosti, M E ^a   Ciccaglione, A R ^a   Bruni, R ^a   Taffon, S ^a   Equestre, M ^a   Losio, M N ^d   Carraro, V ^e   Franchini, S ^e   Natter, B ^f   Augschiller, M ^f   Foppa, A ^f   Gualanduzzi, C ^g   Massimiliani, E ^g   Finarelli, A C ^g   Borrini, B M ^g   Gallo, T ^h   Cozza, V ^b,i   Chironna, M ^j   Prato, R ⁱ   Rizzo, C ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Institute Experimental Zooprophylactic of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^e Autonomous Province of Trento   (Italy)

^f Autonomous Province of Bolzano   (Italy)

^g Public Health Service Directorate General for Health and Social Policy Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

^h Prevention Department ASS4 Medio Friuli   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAW FOOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEA FOOD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907788093     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.37.20906     Document Type: Article

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