Publications
| epidemiology of hepatitis a in amsterdam, october 1978--december 1979. | the epidemiology of hepatitis a was studied in amsterdam during a 15 month period from october 1978 through december 1979. 349 cases of viral hepatitis were reported of which 135 were serologically identified as hepatitis a. the diagnosis was established by testing a single acute-phase serum sample with elisa for the detection of hepatitis a igm antibodies. most cases were sporadic; there were no outbreaks involving more than three cases. a seasonal variation was recognized with the highest inci ... | 1980 | 6262343 |
| molecular epidemiology of hepatitis a virus in amsterdam, the netherlands. | the transmission of sporadic community-acquired hepatitis a virus (hav) among different risk groups in amsterdam was verified by applying molecular techniques on fecal samples. these were collected in 1997/1998 from 33 persons with hav infection that was confirmed serologically. from 8 of these persons serial stool samples were collected. nested rt-pcr targeting the vp3-vp1 and vp1-p2a regions followed by sequence analysis established the duration of fecal hav rna excretion in stool and the epid ... | 2001 | 11170043 |