Hepatitis E virus mixed infection in immunocompetent patient

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 468-470

  Smith, Donald B ^a   Vanek, Jeff ^b   Wellington, Louise ^c   Johannessen, Ingolfur ^b   Ramalingam, Sandeep ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VOMITING;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT; MIXED INFECTION; VIRUSES;

COINFECTION; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874283110     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1903.121510     Document Type: Article

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