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Full-length sequences of six hepatitis E virus isolates of genotypes III and IV from patients with sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis in Japan.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2003
Takahashi Kazuaki, Kang Jong-Hon, Ohnishi Sachiyo, Hino Kunihiko, Miyakawa Hiroshi, Miyakawa Yuzo, Maekubo Hiroshi, Mishiro Shunji
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OBJECTIVE: Ranges of variation and conservation in sequence need to be defined for detecting and genotyping hepatitis E virus (HEV). METHODS: Six HEV isolates from Japanese patients were sequenced over the entire genome and compared phylogenetically along with 16 reported HEV isolates, including two from pigs. RESULTS: Three of the six HEV isolates were of genotype III, and the remaining three were of genotype...
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