Molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus in patients with acute hepatitis in Venezuela

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1025-1029

  García, Cristina Gutiérrez ^a   Sánchez, Doneyla ^a   Villalba, Maria Caridad Montalvo ^b   Pujol, Flor Helene ^c   de los Ángeles Rodríguez Lay, Licel ^b   Pinto, Belquis ^a   Chacón, Elsa Patricia ^a   Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis; HAV HEV co infection; HEV; Viremia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VENEZUELA; VIREMIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84860992229     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23277     Document Type: Article

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