Hepatitis E virus in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa region: an awareness of an infectious threat to blood safety

Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-22

  Yazbek, Soha ^a   Kreidieh, Khalil ^a   Ramia, Sami ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blood safety; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E; HEV; MENA region

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AGE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SUDAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; BLOOD; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AWARENESS; BLOOD; BLOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84933566139     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0807-5     Document Type: Review

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