Indigenous Hepatitis E in England and Wales From 2003 to 2012: Evidence of an emerging novel phylotype of viruses

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1212-1218

  Ijaz, Samreen ^a   Said, Bengü ^a   Boxall, Elizabeth ^b   Smit, Erasmus ^b   Morgan, Dilys ^a   Tedder, Richard S ^a,c,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Wales; hepatitis E; indigenous; molecular characterisation; patient demography; phylogeny; surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND AND WALES; HEPATITIS E; INDIGENOUS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION; PATIENT DEMOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SURVEILLANCE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRAVEL; WALES;

EID: 84897435954     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit652     Document Type: Article

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