A divergent genotype of hepatitis E virus in Chinese patients with acute hepatitis

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Wang, Youchun ^a,b   Ling, Roger ^a   Erker, James C ^c   Zhang, Huayuan ^b   Hemin, Li ^b   Desai, Suresh ^c   Mushahwar, Isa K ^c   Harrison, Tim J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032945671     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-1-169     Document Type: Article

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