Article
Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in three hyperendemic areas: Nepal, Bangladesh and southwest France.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2015
Izopet Jacques, Labrique Alain B, Basnyat Buddha, Dalton Harry R, Kmush Brittany, Heaney Christopher D, Nelson Kenrad E, Ahmed Zabed B, Zaman K, Mansuy Jean-Michel, Bendall Richard, Sauné Karine, Kamar Nassim, Arjyal Amit, Karkey Abhilasha, Dongol Sabina, Prajapati Krishna Govind, Adhikary Dinesh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E causes a significant burden of disease in developing countries and has recently been increasingly recognized in developed countries. Comparing population anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) seroprevalence across populations has been difficult. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the anti-HEV IgG seroprevalence in both adults and children in three hyper-endemic areas (Nepal,...
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