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Hepatitis E Virus

This book systematically and comprehensively discusses the biological, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the hepatitis E virus (HEV). It presents current knowledge of HEV and explores experimental methods, treatment and prevention of HEV. First identified in the 1980s and cloned in 199...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Wang, Youchun (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 948
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hepatitis E virus (HEV) biology
  • Characteristics and functions of HEV proteins
  • Epidemiology of hepatitis E
  • Hepatitis E as a zoonosis
  • Genetic evolution of HEV
  • Transmission of HEV
  • Immunobiology and host response
  • HEV cell culture systems
  • HEV animal models
  • Clinical manifestations of hepatitis E
  • Laboratory diagnosis of HEV infection
  • Treatment of HEV infection
  • Prophylactic Hepatitis E vaccine.