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Possible risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis E virus and for the severe form of hepatitis E acquired locally in Hokkaido, Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2005
Mizuo Hitoshi, Yazaki Yasuyuki, Sugawara Kenji, Tsuda Fumio, Takahashi Masaharu, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E in industrialized countries has not been well studied. To define the possible risk factors for transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) and for the severe form of hepatitis E in Japan, we investigated the clinical and virological characteristics of hepatitis E in 32 patients who contracted the mild (n=23) or severe form (n=9) of domestically acquired hepatitis E between 1996 and 2004 in Hokkaido, where...
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