Epidemiological and clinical study of sporadic acute hepatitis E caused by indigenous strains of hepatitis E virus in Japan compared with acute hepatitis A

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 640-648

  Sainokami, Shigehiko ^a,h   Abe, Koichi ^a   Kumagai, Ichiro ^a   Miyasaka, Akio ^a   Endo, Ryujin ^a   Takikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Mizuo, Hitoshi ^b   Sugai, Yoshiki ^c   Akahane, Yoshihiro ^d   Koizumi, Yoichi ^e   Yajima, Yoshiaki ^f   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^g  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kin ikyo Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Iwaki Kyoritsu Gen Hosp   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e Shinonoi General Hospital   (Japan)

^f SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Mizusawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis E; Epidemiology; Hepatitis A; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 4344625856     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1359-5     Document Type: Article

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