A large outbreak of Hepatitis E virus genotype 1 infection in an urban setting in Chad likely linked to household level transmission factors, 2016-2017

BACKGROUND: In September 2016, three acutely jaundiced (AJS) pregnant women were admitted to Am Timan Hospital, eastern Chad. We described the outbreak and conducted a case test-negative study to identify risk factors for this genotype of HEV in an acute outbreak setting. METHODS: Active case findin...

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Autores principales: Spina, Alexander, Lenglet, Annick, Beversluis, David, de Jong, Marja, Vernier, Larissa, Spencer, Craig, Andayi, Fred, Kamau, Charity, Vollmer, Simone, Hogema, Boris, Irwin, Andrea, Ngueremi Yary, Roger, Mahamat Ali, Açyl, Moussa, Ali, Alfani, Prince, Sang, Sibylle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188240

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188240

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