Three pairs of six sporadic acute hepatitis E cases infected with three different genotype 3b hepatitis E virus strains occurred within the same economic bloc in the central region of Japan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Three pairs of six sporadic acute hepatitis E cases infected with three different genotype 3b hepatitis E virus strains occurred within the same economic bloc in the central region of Japan

Published:2018-12-20 Issue:12 Volume:59 Page:700-703
ISSN:0451-4203
Container-title:Kanzo
language:en
Short-container-title:Acta hepatologica Japonica

Author:

Nakano Tatsunori¹,Okano Hiroshi²,Nishigaki Yoichi³,Suzuki Yusuke³,Tomita Eiichi³,Kobayashi Makoto⁴,Yamawaki Makoto⁴,Shimizu Shogo⁵,Yamashita Koji⁵,Sugihara Jun-ichi⁵,Takahashi Kazuaki⁶,Arai Masahiro⁷,Takahashi Masaharu⁸,Nagashima Shigeo⁸,Okamoto Hiroaki⁸

Affiliation:

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Memorial Hospital

2. Department of Gastroenterology, Suzuka Chuo General Hospital

3. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gifu Municipal Hospital

4. Department of Gastroenterology, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital

5. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center

6. Department of Medical Sciences, Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital (former Toshiba General Hospital)

7. Department of Gastroenterology, Toshiba General Hospital

8. Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine

Publisher

Japan Society of Hepatology

Subject

Hepatology

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kanzo/59/12/59_700/_pdf

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