High prevalence of hantavirus infection in a group of Chinese patients with acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Meng, G ^a   Lan, Y ^b   Nakagawa, M ^c   Maehara, T ^c   Mitani, K ^c   Tomiyama, T ^c   Che, X G ^b   Ohkubo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKUYAMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute non A E hepatitis; Hantavirus; Hepatitis virus; IgM antibody to Hantaan

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031183623     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1997.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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