Autochthonous hepatitis E in Scotland

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-623

  Ramalingam, Sandeep ^a   Smith, Donald ^b   Wellington, Louise ^c   Vanek, Jeff ^a,d   Simmonds, Peter ^b   MacGilchrist, Alastair ^a   Bathgate, Andrew ^a   Simpson, Kenneth ^b   Johannessen, Ingolfur ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Scotland; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME;

AUTOCHTHONOUS; HAV; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEV; RIE; ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH; SCOTLAND; VIRAL HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84888817535     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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