Genotype 4 hepatitis E virus in France: An autochthonous infection with a more severe presentation

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jeblaoui, Asma ^a   Haim Boukobza, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Marchadier, Eric ^a   Mokhtari, Camelia ^a   Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HEV; HEV genotype 4; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; PROTHROMBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEV; HEV GENOTYPE 4; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880930030     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit291     Document Type: Article

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