First report and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus infection in renal transplant recipients in Brazil

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 615-619

  Passos, Ana Maria ^a   Heringer, Tiago Pires ^a   Medina Pestana, José Osmar ^a   Ferraz, Maria Lucia Gomes ^a   Granato, Celso Francisco Hernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E virus; Human; Renal transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84873942650     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23494     Document Type: Article

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