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Sporadic acute hepatitis E occurred constantly during the last decade in northeast Japan.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2009
Inoue Jun, Ueno Yoshiyuki, Nagasaki Futoshi, Akahane Takehiro, Fukushima Koji, Kogure Takayuki, Kondo Yasuteru, Kakazu Eiji, Tamai Keiichi, Kido Osamu, Nakagome Yu, Ninomiya Masashi, Obara Noriyuki, Wakui Yuta, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki, Shimosegawa Tooru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that indigenous hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains cause hepatitis E in industrialized countries. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of HEV infection in sporadic hepatitis patients during the last decade in Miyagi, northeast Japan. METHODS: We analyzed 94 serum samples obtained from acute or fulminant hepatitis patients of non-A, non-B, and non-C etiology between 1999 and...
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