Clinically silent forms may partly explain the rarity of acute cases of autochthonous genotype 3c hepatitis E infection in France

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-141

  Renou, Christophe ^a   Pariente, Alexandre ^b   Cadranel, Jean François ^a   Nicand, Elisabeth ^c   Pavio, Nicole ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE PAU   (France)

^c University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^d ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Diagnosis; Emerging disease; Foodborne; Viral Hepatitis E

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 79956300844     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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