Clinical and molecular characteristics of hepatitis A virus infections during the years 1992-2003 in Ogaki, a centrally located city of Japan

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Kumada, Takashi ^a   Kiriyama, Seiki ^a   Sone, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanikawa, Makoto ^a   Hisanaga, Yasuhiro ^a   Kanamori, Akira ^a   Lin, Chiung Ling ^b   Liu, Hsin Fu ^b,c  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developed country; Hepatitis A virus; Imported strain; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049099125     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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