Virulent strain of hepatitis E virus genotype 3, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 704-709

  Takahashi, Kazuaki ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Abe, Natsumi ^a   Kawakami, Manri ^c   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^d   Mochida, Satoshi ^e   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^f   Suginoshita, Yoshiki ^g   Watanabe, Seishiro ^h   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ⁱ   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^j   Mishiro, Shunji ^a  

^a Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kurashiki Medical Center   (Japan)

^d Matsuda Nalka Clinic   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Heart Life Hospital   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HELICASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 66149100067     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081100     Document Type: Article

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