Outbreak of infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) associated with a foodhandler and confirmed by sequence analysis reveals a new HAV genotype IB variant

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2825-2828

  Chironna, Maria ^a   Lopalco, Pierluigi ^a   Prato, Rosa ^b   Germinario, Cinzia ^a   Barbuti, Salvatore ^a,b   Quarto, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Assessorato alla Trasparenza e Cittadinanza Attiva   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2942592346     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2825-2828.2004     Document Type: Article

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