Hepatitis A related acute liver failure by consumption of contaminated food

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 456-458

  Chi, Heng ^a   Haagsma, Elizabeth B ^b   Riezebos Brilman, Annelies ^b   van den Berg, Arie P ^b   Metselaar, Herold J ^a   de Knegt, Robert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute viral hepatitis; Foodborne; Lycopersicon esculentum; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; CREATININE; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; EPIDEMIC; FLAPPING TREMOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROGNOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOMATO; URINE COLOR; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908498915     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.014     Document Type: Article

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