Hepatitis E virus genotype 4, Nanjing, China, 2001-2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1528-1530

  Dai, Xing ^a   Dong, Chen ^a   Zhou, Zhenxian ^b   Liang, Jiuhong ^a   Dong, Min ^a   Yang, Yan ^a   Fu, Jianguang ^a   Tian, Hua ^a   Wang, Song ^a   Fan, Jie ^a   Meng, Jihong ^a   Purdy, Michael A ^c  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Second Hospital   (China)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS 4A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

ACUTE INFECTION; CHINA; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE 4; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NANJING; VIRUSES;

CHINA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEASONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84882732979     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130013     Document Type: Article

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