Full-length sequences of six hepatitis E virus isolates of genotypes III and IV from patients with sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis in Japan

Intervirology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 308-318

  Takahashi, Kazuaki ^a   Kang, Jong Hon ^b   Ohnishi, Sachiyo ^b   Hino, Kunihiko ^c   Miyakawa, Hiroshi ^d   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^e   Maekubo, Hiroshi ^b   Mishiro, Shunji ^a  

^a Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^b TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Delta Clinic   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Fulminant hepatitis; Genotypes, hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZOONOSES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0141923553     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073210     Document Type: Article

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