Does genotype of hepatitis A virus relate to clinical characteristics of hepatitis A?

Hepatology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-15

  Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGE DETERMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SIMIAN VIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 20444463565     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.03.005     Document Type: Editorial

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