A case of imported hepatitis E: Identification of location of HEV infection by the molecular epidemiological approach

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Aikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Miyamoto, Kuniko ^a   Ueno, Chisato ^a   Kojima, Maki ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^b   Tsuda, Fumio ^c   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Aikawa Internal Medicine Hospital

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shinagawa ku

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEPAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; THAILAND; TRAVEL; URINE COLOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 53849140479     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.48.15     Document Type: Article

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