Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in European countries

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 25711-25743

  Lapa, Daniele ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a   Garbuglia, Anna Rosa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Risk group

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OPEN READING FRAME; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; EUROPE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84945927247     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161025711     Document Type: Review

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