Molecular investigation of hepatitis E virus infection in patients with acute hepatitis in Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-214

  Shrestha, Santosh Man ^a   Shrestha, Shobhana ^a   Tsuda, Fumio ^b   Nishizawa, Tsutomu ^c   Gotanda, Yuhko ^d   Takeda, Naokazu ^e   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^c  

^a Liver Foundation Nepal   (Nepal)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis viruses; Mixed infection; Phylogenetic analysis; Subtype

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEPAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 0037296074     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10276     Document Type: Article

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