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Identification of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus strains from a patient with acute hepatitis E and farm pigs in Bali, Indonesia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2007
Wibawa I Dewa Nyoman, Suryadarma I G A, Mulyanto, Tsuda Fumio, Matsumoto Yasunobu, Ninomiya Masashi, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
A previous study revealed that antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) (anti-HEV) are highly prevalent among healthy individuals and farm pigs in Bali, Indonesia, and suggested that HEV infection may occur via zoonosis among Balinese people. However, there were no reports of acute hepatitis E in Bali. To elucidate whether Balinese HEV strains recovered from infected humans and pigs have significant sequence...
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