Indigenous hepatitis e virus infection of a plasma donor in Germany

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-308

  Adlhoch, C ^a   Kaiser, M ^a   Pauli, G ^a   Koch, J ^a   Meisel, H ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotype 3; Germany; Indigenous HEV infection; NAT testing; Plasma donor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 70350035644     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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