Detection of hepatitis e virus RNA and genotype in Bangladesh

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-604

  Sugitani, Masahiko ^a,b   Tamura, Akinori ^a,b   Shimizu, Yohko K ^b   Sheikh, Aleemuzzaman ^b   Kinukawa, Noriko ^b   Shimizu, Kazufumi ^b   Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Komiyama, Kazuo ^a   Li, Tian Cheng ^b   Takeda, Naokazu ^b   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Suzuki, Koyu ^b   Ishaque, Shamsuddin M ^c   Roy, Projesh K ^c   Raihan, A S M A ^c   Hasan, Mahmud ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus (HEV); HEV RNA; IgM specific anti HEV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BANGLADESH; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 63849224128     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05677.x     Document Type: Article

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