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Genetic analysis of hepatitis A virus isolates from Brazil.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2004
de Paula Vanessa S, Lu Ling, Niel Christian, Gaspar Ana M C, Robertson Betty H
Abstract excerpt
A limited number of hepatitis A virus (HAV) isolates from South America have been characterised at the genomic level. IgM anti-HAV positive serum samples collected from patients with hepatitis A living in the five geographical regions of Brazil (North, Northeast, Central, South, and Southeast) were used to obtain HAV isolates and determine their genetic relatedness. Of the 232 case isolates, sequence data were...
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