Genotype 3f predominance in symptomatic acute autochthonous hepatitis E: A short case series in south-eastern France

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Luciano, Laure ^a   Martel, Cécile ^a   De Pina, Jean Jacques ^a   Tesse, Sophie ^b   Merens, Audrey ^b   Roque, Anne Marie ^c   Guisset, Michel ^a   Brardjanian, Sarah ^a   Coton, Thierry ^a  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE D ENDOCRINOLOGIE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE AUTOCHTHONOUS HEPATITIS E; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84861721774     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.03.009     Document Type: Letter

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