Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus in metropolitan areas in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 981-986

  Takahashi, Hideaki ^a   Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yasuda, Kiyomi ^c   Koibuchi, Tomohiko ^d   Suzuki, Michihiro ^a   Kato, Tomohiro ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^d   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^d   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a   Iino, Shiro ^a,c   Koike, Kazuhiko ^b   Itoh, Fumio ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kiyokawa Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis A virus; Japan; Sexuality; Transmission route

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; VIRAL GENETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33750997856     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-006-1888-9     Document Type: Article

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