Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in three hyperendemic areas: Nepal, Bangladesh and southwest France

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-42

  Izopet, Jacques ^a,b,c   Labrique, Alain B ^d   Basnyat, Buddha ^e   Dalton, Harry R ^f,g   Kmush, Brittany ^d   Heaney, Christopher D ^d   Nelson, Kenrad E ^d   Ahmed, Zabed B ^h   Zaman, K ⁱ   Mansuy, Jean Michel ^c   Bendall, Richard ^f,g   Sauné, Karine ^a,b,c   Kamar, Nassim ^a,b,j   Arjyal, Amit ^e   Karkey, Abhilasha ^e   Dongol, Sabina ^e   Prajapati, Krishna Govind ^e   Adhikary, Dinesh ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ B   (Bangladesh)

^j CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

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Author keywords

Adult; Child; Hepatitis E Virus; Seroepidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PLASMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HISTORY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939620279     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.103     Document Type: Article

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