Epidemiology of HEV in the mediterranean basin: 10-year prevalence in Italy

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Lanini, Simone ^a   Garbuglia, Anna Rosa ^a   Lapa, Daniele ^a   Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Navarra, Assunta ^a   Pergola, Catia ^a   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84937238940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007110     Document Type: Article

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