Acute viral hepatitis morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis E virus infection: Uzbekistan surveillance data

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Uzbekistan, routine serologic testing has not been available to differentiate etiologies of acute viral hepatitis (AVH). To determine the age groups most affected by hepatitis E virus (HEV) during documented AVH epidemics, trends...

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Main Authors: Margolis Harold S, Onischenko Gennady G, Yashina Tatiana L, Brown Matthew S, Favorov Michael O, Sharapov Makhmudkhan B, Chorba Terence L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/9/35