Nucleotide substitutions of hepatitis E virus genomes associated with fulminant hepatitis and disease severity

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Inoue, Jun ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^b   Mizuo, Hitoshi ^c   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^d   Aikawa, Tatsuya ^e   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kin ikyo Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^d IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Aikawa Internal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

C5907; Full length sequence; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; U3148

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYTOSINE; PROTHROMBIN; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS; LIVER FAILURE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTHROMBIN; RNA HELICASES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70349768819     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.279     Document Type: Article

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