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Hepatitis E in Germany--an under-reported infectious disease.

Pischke, Sven
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Behrendt, Patrick
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Bock, Claus-Thomas
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Jilg, Wolfgang
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Manns, Michael P
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Wedemeyer, Heiner
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2014-09-01
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At least 17% of the population in Germany has been infected with the hepatitis E virus (HEV); thus, HEV infections are more frequent than was previously assumed. However, fewer than 500 HEV infections were reported to the Robert Koch Institute in 2013.
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Hepatitis E in Germany--an under-reported infectious disease. 2014, 111 (35-36):577-83 Dtsch Arztebl Int
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Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, German Centre for Infection Research, Hanover, TWINCORE Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Hanover, Health Care Center at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Robert Koch Institute Berlin, Consiliary Laboratory for Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg.
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Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
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http://hdl.handle.net/10033/337049
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10.3238/arztebl.2014.0577
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1866-0452
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