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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A in Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Feb 2005
Tjon G M S, Wijkmans C J, Coutinho R A, Koek A G, van den Hoek J A R, Leenders A C A P, Schneeberger P M, Bruisten S M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on the molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, show that subgenotype 1A is mainly seen among homosexual men practising anonymous oral-anal sex in saunas and darkrooms, while subgenotype 1B is usually detected among children originating from Morocco, and subgenotype 3A is mostly found among travellers to Pakistan. OBJECTIVE: We studied the...
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