Journal article
Reactive and pre-emptive vaccination strategies to control hepatitis E infection in emergency and refugee settings: a modelling study
- Abstract:
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Background Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is the leading cause of acute viral hepatitis globally. Symptomatic infection is associated with case fatality rates of ~20% in pregnant women and it is estimated to account for ~10,000 annual pregnancy-related deaths in southern Asia alone. Recently, large and well-documented outbreaks with high mortality have occurred in displaced population camps in Sudan, Uganda and South Sudan. However, the epidemiology of HEV is poorly defined, and the... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Wellcome Trust
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Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme
106698/Z/14/Z
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- e0006807
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-03
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1935-2735
- ISSN:
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1935-2727
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:911901
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- pubs:911901
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-09-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Cooper et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
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© 2018 Cooper et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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