Hepatitis E virus and fulminant hepatitis-a virus or host-specific pathology?

Liver International

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1334-1340

  Smith, Donald B ^a   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fulminant; Hepatitis E virus; Liver failure; Virus variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924601698     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12629     Document Type: Article

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