Hepatitis E in liver biopsies from patients with acute hepatitis of clinically unexplained origin.

Hepatitis E in liver biopsies from patients with acute hepatitis of clinically unexplained origin.

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a small RNA virus and the infectious agent of hepatitis E that occurs worldwide either as epidemics in Asia caused by genotype 1 and 2 or as sporadic disease in industrialized countries induced by genotype 3 and 4. The frequency might be underestimated in central Europe as...

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Main Authors: Uta eDrebber, Margarete eOdenthal, Stephan W Aberle, Nadine eWinkel, Inga eWedemeyer, Jutta eHemberger, Heidemarie eHolzmann, Hans Peter Dienes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
immune response
acute hepatitis
HEV
HEV genotype 3
FFPE material
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00351/full

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