Identifications of polyphyletic variants in acute hepatitis suggest an underdiagnosed circulation of hepatitis E virus in Argentina

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-141

  Munné, María Silvina ^a   Altabert, Nancy Rosana ^a   Vladimirsky, Sara Noemí ^a   Moreiro, Rita ^b   Mares, Lucio Oscar Otegui ^a   Soto, Sonia Soledad ^a   Brajterman, Leonardo Sergio ^a   Castro, Raúl Enrique ^a   González, Jorge Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; POLYPHYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052749317     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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