Features of hepatitis E virus infection in humans and animals in japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-58

  Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84891825462     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12175     Document Type: Review

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