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Isolation and characterization of a genotype 4 Hepatitis E virus strain from an infant in China.
Virology journal - 16 Feb 2009
Zhang Wen, Yang Shixing, Shen Quan, Liu Junfeng, Shan Tongling, Huang Fen, Ning Huibo, Kang Yanjun, Yang Zhibiao, Cui Li, Zhu Jianguo, Hua Xiuguo
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, a genotype 4 HEV strain was identified in the fecal specimen from a seven months old infant with no symptom of hepatitis in Shanghai Children's hospital. The full capsid protein gene (ORF2) sequence of this strain was determined by RT-PCR method. Sequence analysis based on t...
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