Identification of a novel strain of hepatitis E virus responsible for sporadic acute hepatitis in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 300-304

  Hsieh, S Y ^a,b,c   Yang, P Y ^a,b   Ho, Y P ^a   Chu, C M ^a   Liaw, Y F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hepatitis E virus; Phylogenetic analysis; The Taiwan strain hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TAIWAN;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031864573     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199808)55:4<300::AID-JMV8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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