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Identification of 2 Novel Isolates of Hepatitis E Virus in Argentina
1 Jul 2000
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified in 2 Argentine patients with acute hepatitis who reported no history of travel to regions in which HEV is considered endemic. These isolates are the first to be identified in South America. By use of degenerate primers from open reading frames 1 and 2, HEV sequences were obtained from these patients' serum and compared with published HEV sequences. The Argentine...
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