Hepatitis E: An emerging disease

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-59

  Pérez Gracia, María Teresa ^a   Suay, Beatriz ^a   Mateos Lindemann, María Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEV; ZOONOTIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893349033     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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