Hepatitis E virus infection in Latin America: A review

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1037-1045

  Echevarria J M ^a   Gonzalez J E ^b   Lewis Ximenez, L L ^c   Dos Santos, D R Lopes ^d   Munne M S ^b   Pinto, M A ^c   Pujol, F H ^e   Rodriguez Lay L A ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^f INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus genotypes; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING; WILD ANIMAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876347009     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23526     Document Type: Article

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