First human cases of hepatitis E infection with genotype 3c strains

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-320

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   Borentain, Patrick ^c   Motte, Anne ^a,b   Lagrange, Xavier ^c   Kaba, Mamadou ^a,b   Henry, Mireille ^a,b   Tamalet, Catherine ^a,b   Gérolami, René ^c  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Anthropozoonosis; Autochthonous transmission; France; Genotype 3c; Hepatitis E virus; Swine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESTHESIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36349006343     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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