Acute hepatitis E of a man who consumed wild boar meat prior to the onset of illness in Nagasaki, Japan.

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Published in Hepatol Res on March 23, 2005

Authors

Jun-Ichi Masuda1, Koji Yano, Yoko Tamada, Yasushi Takii, Masahiro Ito, Katsuhisa Omagari, Shigeru Kohno

Author Affiliations

1: Gasroenterology, Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan.

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