First report of an autochthonous Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infection in a 5 month old female child in Germany

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-176

  Kruttgen A ^a   Scheithauer, S ^a   Hausler M ^a   Kleines, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Child; Gastroenteritis; Hepatitis; HEV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOMITING;

BASE SEQUENCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 78951477255     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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