Hepatitis E: Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-124

  Panda, Subrat K ^a   Varma, Satya P K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hepeviridae; Open reading frames; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84879782545     PISSN: 09736883     EISSN: 22133453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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