Prolonged fecal excretion of hepatitis A virus in adult patients with hepatitis A as determined by polymerase chain reaction

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-13

  Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a,c   Yasuda, Kiyomi ^b   Moriya, Kyoji ^a   Shintani, Yoshizumi ^a   Fujie, Hajime ^a   Kurokawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Iino, Shiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXCRETION;

EID: 0030011739     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008707246     Document Type: Article

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