Detection of hantaviral antibodies among patients with hepatitis of unknown etiology in japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Kariwa, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshimatsu, Kumiko ^b   Araki, Koichi ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^c   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^c   Ogino, Michiko ^b   Ebihara, Hideki ^b   Murphy, Michael E ^a   Mizutani, Tetsuya ^a   Takashima, Ikuo ^a   Arikawa, Jiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

DNA VIRUSES; HANTAAN VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; SEOUL VIRUS;

EID: 0034043057     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02506.x     Document Type: Article

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