Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh.

@article{Labrique2009PopulationSO,
  title={Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh.},
  author={Alain Bernard Labrique and K Zaman and Zahid Hossain and Parimalendu Saha and Mohammad Yunus and Anowar Hossain and John R. Ticehurst and Kenrad Edwin Nelson},
  journal={The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene},
  year={2009},
  volume={81 5},
  pages={
          875-81
        }
}
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes a substantial burden of sporadic and epidemic disease worldwide. HEV infections result in serious morbidity and mortality, especially among pregnant women, and have significant economic costs. Few population-based studies have characterized the epidemiology of HEV. A rural Bangladeshi population was studied to determine the age- and gender- specific population seroprevalence of antibodies to HEV. Of 1,134 specimens tested from a representative, random population… 
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