Ongoing subclinical infection of hepatitis E virus among blood donors with an elevated alanine aminotransferase level in Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 734-742

  Gotanda, Yuhko ^a   Iwata, Akiko ^a   Ohnuma, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Akira ^a   Mizoguchi, Hideaki ^a   Endo, Kazunori ^b   Takahashi, Masaharu ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; PCR; Phylogenetic analysis; Subclinical infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RED CROSS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 34248166173     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20834     Document Type: Article

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