## Abstract Israel is suspected to be endemic for hepatitis E virus (HEV) because of its geographic location and the largeβscale immigration from endemic countries. Although no cases of local HEV infection have been diagnosed, a serological survey would provide indirect evidence for such infection.
Serological diagnostics of hepatitis E virus infection
β Scribed by Yury Khudyakov; Saleem Kamili
- Book ID
- 116968652
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 161
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-1702
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