Hepatitis e virus: Western Cape, South Africa

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 9853-9859

  Madden, Richie G ^a   Wallace, Sebastian ^a   Sonderup, Mark ^b   Korsman, Stephen ^c   Chivese, Tawanda ^b   Gavine, Bronwyn ^b   Edem, Aniefiok ^b   Govender, Roxy ^b   English, Nathan ^b   Kaiyamo, Christy ^b   Lutchman, Odelia ^b   Van Der Eijk, Annemiek A ^d   Pas, Suzan D ^d   Webb, Glynn W ^a   Palmer, Joanne ^a   Goddard, Elizabeth ^b   Wasserman, Sean ^b   Dalton, Harry R ^a   Spearman, C Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Seroprevalence; South Africa; pork consumption; genotype

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICAN; TELANGIECTASIA; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997208305     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i44.9853     Document Type: Article

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