Article
Genetic variability and evolution of hepatitis E virus.
Virus research - 1 Aug 2007
Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the sole member of the genus Hepevirus in the family Hepeviridae. HEV is transmitted primarily by the fecal-oral route, and water-borne epidemics are characteristic of hepatitis E in many developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America where sanitation conditions are suboptimal. Accumulating lines of evidence indicate that HEV-associated hepatitis also occurs domestically among...
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