Co-circulation of genotype IA and new variant IB hepatitis A virus in outbreaks of acute hepatitis in Hungary - 2003/2004

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1392-1397

  Reuter, Gábor ^a   Juhász, Ágnes ^b   Kosztolányi, Lászlóné ^c   Lefler, Éva ^b   Fekete, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b ÁNTSZ Hajdú Bihar County Institute of State Public Health Service   (Hungary)

^c Regional Laboratory of Virology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Genotype IA and IB; Hepatitis A virus; Hungary; Outbreak; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33749571152     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20710     Document Type: Article

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