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Hepatitis in Albanian children: molecular analysis of hepatitis A virus isolates.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2004
Gabrieli Rosanna, Sanchez Gloria, Macaluso Alessia, Cenko Fabian, Bino Silva, Palombi Leonardo, Buonomo Ersilia, Pinto Rosa M, Bosch Albert, Divizia Maurizio
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A is a common disease in developing countries and Albania has a high prevalence of this disease associated to young age. In spite of the occurrence of a unique serotype there are different genotypes classified from I to VII. Genotype characterisation of HAV isolates circulating in Albania has been undertaken, as well as the study of the occurrence of antigenic variants in the proteins VP3 and VP1. To...
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