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Acute hepatitis E in south-west France over a 5-year period.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2009
Mansuy J M, Abravanel F, Miedouge M, Mengelle C, Merviel C, Dubois M, Kamar N, Rostaing L, Alric L, Moreau J, Peron J M, Izopet J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E was found in people living in industrialized countries who had not travelled to highly endemic areas. OBJECTIVES: To study the cases of acute hepatitis E confirmed thanks to viral genomic detection over a 5 years period in south-west France. STUDY DESIGN: 62 cases of hepatitis E were identified between 2003 and 2007. Their demographic, clinical, and virological features were analyzed....
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