A case of acute hepatitis E who had a history of frequent ingestion of raw meat and viscera from wild deer and boars

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 723-728

  Hijioka, Susumu ^a,d   Sato, Yukihiro ^b   Iwashita, Yuichi ^a   Indou, Yusei ^c  

^a Kumagun Municipal Taragi Hospital

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Indou Medical and Gastrointestinal Clinic

^d CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INGESTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAW FOOD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCERA; WILD BOAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; DNA, VIRAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; VISCERA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 21044451940     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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