HEV infection in two referral centers in Spain; epidemiology and clinical outcomes

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-80

  Lens, Sabela ^a   Mensa, Laura ^a   Gambato, Martina ^a   González, Patricia ^a   Torras, Xavier ^b   Soriano, Germán ^b   Costa, Josep ^a   Capón, Alicia ^a   Londoño, María Carlota ^a   Mariño, Zoe ^a   Navasa, Miquel ^a   Pérez del Pulgar, Sofía ^a   Forns, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; Hepatitis E; Ribavirin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS INHIBITION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RIBAVIRIN; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921280490     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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