Autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Germany with sequence similarities to other European isolates

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-175

  Preiss, J C ^a   Plentz, A ^b   Engelmann, E ^c   Schneider, T ^a   Jilg, W ^b   Zeitz, M ^a   Duchmann, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Institut für Infektionsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33745558170     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-4132-x     Document Type: Article

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