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Enteric non‐A, non‐B hepatitis: Epidemics, animal transmission, and hepatitis E virus detection by the polymerase chain reaction
1 Aug 1992
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We studied epidemics of viral hepatitis occurring at three different places in India. One was a combined epidemic due to hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections. In this epidemic, HAV affected children below 10 years of age, whereas HEV infected the young adult population. HEV was transmitted to rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulata) and confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on bile from...
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