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Clinical and molecular characteristics of hepatitis A virus infections during the years 1992-2003 in Ogaki, a centrally located city of Japan.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Feb 2009
Toyoda Hidenori, Kumada Takashi, Kiriyama Seiki, Sone Yasuhiro, Tanikawa Makoto, Hisanaga Yasuhiro, Kanamori Akira, Lin Chiung-Ling, Liu Hsin-Fu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The emergence of imported hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains from other regions is a feature of acute hepatitis A in developed countries as well as the decrease in number of cases. OBJECTIVES: Between 1992 and 2003 we investigated the clinical and molecular characteristics of acute HAV infections experienced at a single institution located in a middle city of Japan. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 172 patients...
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