Phylogenetic analysis and subtyping of acute and fulminant strains of hepatitis E virus isolates of North India with reference to disease severity

Archives of Virology

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1483-1486

  Pujhari, Sujit Kumar ^a   Kumar, Subrat ^a   Ratho, Radha Kanta ^a   Chawla, Yogesh Kumar ^a   Chakraborti, Anuradha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER FAILURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 77957020101     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0726-9     Document Type: Article

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