Autochthonous hepatitis E-virus infection as cause of acute hepatitis in Germany - A case report;Autochthone Hepatitis-E-Virus-Infektion als Ursache der akuten Hepatitis in Deutschland - eine Kasuistik

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-46

  Veitt, R ^a   Reichardt, M ^a   Wenzel, J ^b   Jilg, W ^b  

^a Kreiskrankenhaus Schmalkalden   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute hepatitis; autochthonous hepatitis; Germany; hepatitis E

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MEAT; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651390856     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245767     Document Type: Article

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