Full-length sequences of two hepatitis E virus isolates representing an eastern China-indigenous subgroup of genotype 4

Intervirology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Koike, Masami ^a   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^b   Mishiro, Shunji ^b   Matsui, Atsushi ^a   Inao, Mie ^a   Nagoshi, Sumiko ^a   Ohno, Akihiko ^a   Mochida, Satoshi ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype, China; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis, acute; Infection, imported

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRAVEL;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34247171824     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098961     Document Type: Article

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