Four cases of sporadic acute hepatitis E in Mie, Japan who were infected with European type genotype 3 hepatitis E virus

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Okano, Hiroshi ^a   Nakano, Tatsunori ^b   Matsusaki, Shimpei ^a   Sase, Tomohiro ^a   Saitou, Tomonori ^a   Mukai, Katsumi ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a   Ito, Keiichi ^c   Shiraki, Katsuya ^d   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^d   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^e  

^a SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mie Prefectural General Medical Center   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

European type; Genetic analysis; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E; Mie Prefecture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL GENETICS;

EID: 79959359006     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: 18813593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.52.295     Document Type: Article

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