Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis A virus in sera from patients with hepatitis A of various severities

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 838-845

  Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Kojima, Hiroshige ^a   Yonemitsu, Yutaka ^a   Yasui, Shin ^a   Imazeki, Fumio ^a   Miki, Makoto ^b   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^c   Sakaida, Isao ^d   Okita, Kiwamu ^d   Tanaka, Eiji ^e   Omata, Masao ^f   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Higashi National Hospital   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

2B; 2C; 5 NTR; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A virus

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2C; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 67049110273     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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