Laboratory-based Surveillance for Hepatitis E Virus Infection, United States, 2005–2012

Laboratory-based Surveillance for Hepatitis E Virus Infection, United States, 2005–2012

To investigate characteristics of hepatitis E cases in the United States, we tested samples from persons seronegative for acute hepatitis A and B whose clinical specimens were referred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during June 2005–March 2012 for hepatitis E virus (HEV) testing....

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Main Authors: Jan Drobeniuc, Tracy Greene-Montfort, Ngoc-Thao Le, Tonya R. Mixson-Hayden, Lilia Ganova-Raeva, Chen Dong, Ryan T. Novak, Umid M. Sharapov, Rania A. Tohme, Eyasu Teshale, Saleem Kamili, Chong-Gee Teo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
jaundice
incidence
infectious disease transmission
travel
immunocompromised host
diagnostic techniques
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-0961_article

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