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First detection of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus RNA in river water in Cambodia.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Sept 2009
Kitajima Masaaki, Matsubara Koichi, Sour Sethy, Haramoto Eiji, Katayama Hiroyuki, Ohgaki Shinichiro
Abstract excerpt
To identify and describe hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in aquatic environments in Cambodia, we collected two river-water samples from upstream and downstream sites along the Siem Reap River and examined them for HEV using a virus concentration method followed by TaqMan reverse transcription PCR and genetic analysis of the PCR product. Genotype 3 HEV strain was detected from the river-water sample collected from...
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