Positive hepatitis E and Epstein Barr virus serology in a patient with jaundice after travel

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Tappe, Dennis ^a,b   Müller, Andreas ^b   Ziegler, Uwe ^b   Weissbrich, Benedikt ^a   Schubert, Jörg ^a   Günther, Stephan ^c   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^c   Stich, August ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Epstein Barr virus; Hepatitis E virus; Serology; Travel

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; EYE JAUNDICE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 77951622583     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.02.005     Document Type: Note

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