Israel, located in a region endemic for hepatitis A virus (HAW, recently absorbed a large population of immigrants who came from the former USSR. To assess the risk of high morbidity in this population a serosurvey of HAV antibodies was undertaken. Serum samples were collected from 965 new immigrant
Populations with high prevalence of antibody against hepatitis E virus in Israel
β Scribed by Karetnyi, Yuory V; Favorov, Michael O; Khudyakova, Natasha S; Bar-Shani, Shulamit; Dagan, Ron; Fields, Howard A; Mendelson, Ella
- Book ID
- 122665707
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0928-0197
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