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Serological and molecular studies on subclinical hepatitis E virus infection using periodic serum samples obtained from healthy individuals.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2005
Mitsui Takehiro, Tsukamoto Yukie, Suzuki Shigeru, Yamazaki Chikao, Masuko Kazuo, Tsuda Fumio, Takahashi Masaharu, Tsatsralt-Od Bira, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Subclinical hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among healthy individuals was studied serologically and molecularly. Serum samples collected at screening between March and April 2004 (or just before retirement) from 266 medical staff members (35 males, 231 females) who had been working for 8.8 +/- 8.5 (mean +/- standard deviation, range, 0.3-35.1) years in a city hospital in Japan and serum samples that had been...
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