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Hepatitis E virus: Molecular virology, clinical features, diagnosis, transmission, epidemiology, and prevention
22 Feb 2008
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the sole member of the genus Hepevirus in the family of Hepeviridae, is the major cause of several outbreaks of waterborne hepatitis in tropical and subtropical countries and of sporadic cases of viral hepatitis in endemic and industrialized countries. Transmission of HEV occurs predominantly by the fecal-oral route although parenteral and perinatal routes have been implicated. The...
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