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[Serological character of hepatitis E virus mutants].
Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology - 1 Mar 1999
Wang Y, Zhuang H, Zhang H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: 64 sera with serologically negative nonA-E were tested for HEV RNA and their serological characteristics were studied. METHODS: HEV RNA was tested by a reverse transcriptase PCR(RT-PCR) and the positive PCR products were cloned and sequenced. Of 15 patients positive for HEV RNA, 6 were followed up and tested for anti-HEV. RESULTS: 15 of them(23.4%) were HEV RNA positive. 9 of the 15 HEV sequences have...
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