Rare case of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E from the blood of a donor infected with the hepatitis E virus genotype 3 indigenous to Japan: Viral dynamics from onset to recovery

Hepatology Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 698-704

  Matsui, Takeshi ^a,b   Kang, Jong Hon ^a   Matsubayashi, Keiji ^c   Yamazaki, Hajime ^a   Nagai, Kazumasa ^a   Sakata, Hidekatsu ^c   Tsuji, Kunihiko ^a   Maguchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus RNA; Transfusion transmitted hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED HEPATITIS E; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84930249078     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12390     Document Type: Article

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