Hepatitis E virus: Do locally acquired infections in Australia necessitate laboratory testing in acute hepatitis patients with no overseas travel history?

Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-100

  Shrestha, Ashish C ^a,b   Faddy, Helen M ^a,b   Flower, Robert L P ^a   Seed, Clive R ^a   Keller, Anthony J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Australia; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis E virus; Laboratory testing; Seroprevalence; Traveller; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PIG; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84927589687     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000229     Document Type: Article

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