Hepatitis E seroprevalence in Europe: A meta-analysis

Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Hartl, Johannes ^a   Otto, Benjamin ^a   Madden, Richie Guy ^b   Webb, Glynn ^b   Woolson, Kathy Louise ^b   Kriston, Levente ^a   Vettorazzi, Eik ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a   Dalton, Harry Richard ^b   Pischke, Sven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti HEV IgG; Assay; Developing countries; Europe; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E; Seroprevalence; Serosurvey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

EUROPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84981489039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v8080211     Document Type: Review

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