Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia

In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of e...

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Autores principales: Cowie, Benjamin C., Adamopoulos, Jim, Carter, Karen, Kelly, Heath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757573
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040706
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description In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic.
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spelling pubmed-32982352012-03-12 Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia Cowie, Benjamin C. Adamopoulos, Jim Carter, Karen Kelly, Heath Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3298235/ /pubmed/15757573 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040706 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Cowie, Benjamin C.
Adamopoulos, Jim
Carter, Karen
Kelly, Heath
Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
title Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
title_full Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
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title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
title_short Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
title_sort hepatitis e infections, victoria, australia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298235/
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