Molecular epidemiology and genetic history of European-type genotype 3 hepatitis E virus indigenized in the central region of Japan

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1524-1534

  Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Okano, Hiroshi ^b   Kobayashi, Makoto ^c   Ito, Keiichi ^d   Ohmori, Shigeru ^e   Nomura, Tomoyuki ^f   Kato, Hideaki ^g   Ayada, Minoru ^h   Nakano, Yoko ⁱ   Akachi, Shigehiro ^j   Sugimoto, Kazushi ^k   Fujita, Naoki ^k   Shiraki, Katsuya ^k   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^k   Takahashi, Masaharu ^l   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^l  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Mie Prefectural Shima Hospital   (Japan)

^e Yamamoto General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Inabe General Hospital   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h Department of Hepato Gastroenterology   (Japan)

ⁱ Mie Prefectural Tsu Public Health and Welfare Center   (Japan)

^j Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^k MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Coalescent analysis; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Japan; Phylogenetic analysis; Subtype 3e

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COALESCENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS INDIGENIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865381730     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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