Hepatitis E epidemic in Sapporo area by single source strain of HEV genotype 4

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-53

  Kang, Jong Hon ^a,i   Matsui, Takeshi ^a   Saga, Akiyoshi ^b   Akaike, Jun ^c   Ohmura, Takumi ^c   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^c,i   Watanabe, Masao ^d   Miura, Yohsuke ^e   Kura, Toshiroh ^f   Tsunematsu, Izumi ^g   Mizuo, Hitoshi ^h,i   Matsubayashi, Keiji ^j   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^k   Abe, Natsumi ^k   Arai, Masahiro ^k  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

^e Megumino Hospital   (Japan)

^f Naganuma Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^g Touei Hospital   (Japan)

^h Kin ikyou Chuoh Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ Hokkaido Study Group of Hepatitis E   (Japan)

^j Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^k Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77149140819     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.51.51     Document Type: Article

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