Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus in developing countries

Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Khuroo, Mohammad S ^a,b   Khuroo, Mehnaaz S ^c   Khuroo, Naira S ^b  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Digestive Diseases Centre   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Transmission; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BITE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FECES MICROFLORA; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84989315147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v8090253     Document Type: Review

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