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Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and sporadically also genotype 1 circulate in the population of Catalonia, Spain.
Journal of water and health - 1 Dec 2009
Clemente-Casares Pilar, Rodriguez-Manzano Jesus, Girones Rosina
Abstract excerpt
Autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains have been described infecting populations of industrialized countries, previously considered as non-endemic areas. The HEV strains circulating in one of those areas in south-western Europe (Barcelona, Spain) have been studied by analysing amplicons obtained from HEV genomes identified in wastewater, biosolids and sludge. Six sewage and two biosolid HEV positive...
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