Hepatitis E virus seroepidemiology: A post-earthquake study among blood donors in Nepal

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shrestha, Ashish C ^a,b   Flower, Robert L P ^a   Seed, Clive R ^a   Rajkarnikar, Manita ^c   Shrestha, Shrawan K ^c   Thapa, Uru ^c   Hoad, Veronica C ^a   Faddy, Helen M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Central Blood Transfusion Service   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Earthquake; Hepatitis; Hepatitis E virus; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PORK; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX; TRAVEL; VEGETARIAN DIET; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84998953634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2043-8     Document Type: Article

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