Molecular characteristics of hepatitis A virus from a large outbreak from Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 760-769

  Arankalle, V A ^a   Sarada Devi, K L ^b   Lole, K S ^a   Shenoy, K T ^b   Verma, V ^a   Haneephabi, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental samples; Hepatitis A virus; Outbreak; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLORINATION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

EID: 33747718661     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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