Hepatitis A viral load in relation to severity of the infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Kojima, Hiroshige ^a   Yasui, Shin ^a   Okitsu, Koichiro ^a   Yonemitsu, Yutaka ^a   Omata, Masao ^b   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A virus; Real time PCR; Severe acute hepatitis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 78650336241     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21958     Document Type: Article

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