Etiology of sporadic acute viral hepatitis in Taiwan: The role of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis E virus and GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus in an endemic area of hepatitis A and B

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-159

  Chu, Chia Ming ^a,b   Lin, Shi Ming ^a   Hsieh, Sen Yung ^a   Yeh, Chau Ting ^a   Lin, Deng Yn ^a   Sheen, I Shyan ^a   Liaw, Yun Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis non A E; HCV RNA; IgM anti HEV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TAIWAN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032911386     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<154::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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