Hepatitis E virus:  overseas epidemics and Victorian travellers

Cowie, Benjamin C; Breschkin, Alan; Kelly, Heath

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07133.x

Topics

Infectious diseases

Health occupations

Benjamin C Cowie,* Alan Breschkin,^† Heath Kelly^‡

1 Infectious Disease Serology
2 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051.

Correspondence: Benjamin.Cowie@mh.org.au

Acknowledgements:

Acknowledgement: Benjamin Cowie is supported by a PhD scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (Infectious Diseases).

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