Epidemiological and virological characteristics of symptomatic acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo, Egypt

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 982-988

  Delarocque Astagneau, E ^a   Abravanel, F ^b,c   Moshen, A ^d   Le Fouler, L ^a   Gad, R R ^e   El Daly, M ^f   Ibrahim, E M ^g   El Aidy, S ^h   Lashin, T ^h   El Hoseiny, M ^e   Izopet, J ^b,c   Mohamed, M K ^e   Fontanet, A ^a,i   Abdel Hamid, M ^f,j  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^e AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f NATIONAL HEPATOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^g ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^h Imbaba Fever Hospital   (Egypt)

ⁱ University of Paris Cité   (France)

^j Minia University   (Egypt)

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Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Egypt; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Risk factors; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84866172291     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03727.x     Document Type: Article

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