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[Geographical distribution of hepatitis E virus genotypes].
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) - 1 Jan 2000
Grandadam M, Nicand E, Van Cuyck-Gandré H, Buisson Y
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the major agent of acute hepatitis in developing countries where the infection occurs sporadically or in large waterborne epidemics. HEV, classified in the Caliciviridae, is not culturable. The detection of HEV RNA by RT-PCR in serum and stool samples is reliable during the 7 to 15 days following the onset of the disease. Restriction endonuclease analysis, cloning and sequencing of PCR...
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