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Characterization of hepatitis A virus isolates from subgenotypes IA and IB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2002
de Paula Vanessa S, Baptista Marcia L, Lampe Elisabeth, Niel Christian, Gaspar Ana M C
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) isolates from around the world have been classified into seven genotypes (I-VII). Most human strains belong to genotype I, which has been divided into two subgenotypes, A and B. South America has provided a small number of strains studied at the genome level. In the present study, IgM anti-HAV antibodies were detected in 116 out of 250 (46%) serum samples collected from consecutive...
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