Hepatitis E: Discovery, global impact, control and cure

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 31, 2016, Pages 7030-7045

  Khuroo, Mohammad S ^a   Khuroo, Mehnaaz S ^b,c   Khuroo, Naira S ^a  

^a Digestive Diseases Centre   (India)

^b SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Discovery; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Vaccine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; EVEROLIMUS; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS E VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RAPAMYCIN; RIBAVIRIN; SOFOSBUVIR; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SUPERINFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84982142786     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i31.7030     Document Type: Review

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