Prolonged jaundice attributed to super infection of hepatitis e virus in a case of resolving leptospirosis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-106

  Singh, M P ^a   Majumdar, M ^a   Sharma, A ^a   Chawla, Y ^a   Ratho, R K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; leptospirosis; superinfection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84863414904     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.93067     Document Type: Article

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