First case report of an acute genotype 3 hepatitis E infected pregnant woman living in South-Eastern France

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-78

  Anty, R ^a,b,c   Ollier, L ^b   Peron J M ^d,e,g   Nicand, E ^f   Cannavo, I ^b   Bongain, A ^b   Giordanengo, V ^a,b,c   Tran, A ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^f University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype 3; Hepatitis e; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IRON; STEROID; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID THERAPY; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861912781     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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