First report of a human autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-279

  Lopes dos Santos, Debora Regina ^a   Lewis Ximenez, Lia Laura ^a   da Silva, Marcelle Figueira Marques ^a   de Sousa, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca ^a   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^a   Pinto, Marcelo Alves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autochthonous human case; Brazil; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; ZOONOSIS;

BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 76449116455     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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