Unchanged high prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) and HEV RNA among blood donors with an elevated alanine aminotransferase level in Japan during 1991-2006

Archives of Virology

Volumn 152, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1623-1635

  Fukuda, S ^a   Ishikawa, M ^a   Ochiai, N ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Sunaga, J ^a   Shinohara, N ^a   Nozawa, K ^a   Tsuda, F ^b   Takahashi, M ^c   Okamoto, H ^c  

^a Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 34548249675     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-0996-z     Document Type: Article

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