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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Hong Kong.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2009
Tai Amy L S, Cheng Peter K C, Ip S M, Wong Rebecca M C, Lim Wilina W L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the major causes of acute and self-limiting hepatitis in human. In Hong Kong, the number of notifications increased from 26 to 62 from year 2001 to 2007. This study describes the molecular epidemiology of HEV in Hong Kong in order to determine the movement and distribution of HEV. HEV in 171 serum samples from HEV IgM positive cases from year 2001 to 2007 were amplified using...
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