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Full-length sequences of two hepatitis E virus isolates representing an Eastern China-indigenous subgroup of genotype 4.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2007
Koike Masami, Takahashi Kazuaki, Mishiro Shunji, Matsui Atsushi, Inao Mie, Nagoshi Sumiko, Ohno Akihiko, Mochida Satoshi, Fujiwara Kenji
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Although the majority of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in Japan are 'domestic' due to the presence of indigenous strains, there are still 'imported' cases as well. Among 83 patients with non-A, non-B and non-C acute liver diseases admitted to Saitama Medical University Hospital, 7 (8.4%) were positive for serum HEV-RNA, of whom 2 had a recent history of traveling to China, one to Xian and another to...
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