First case report of an acute hepatitis E subgenotype 3c infection during pregnancy in Germany

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-172

  Tabatabai, J ^a   Wenzel, J J ^b   Soboletzki, M ^a   Flux, C ^c   Navid, M Heidary ^a   Schnitzler, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Internal Medicine IV University of Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Autochthonous hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS SUBGENOTYPE 3C; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; WILSON DISEASE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSAMINASES; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 84905124454     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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