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First report of a human autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Brazil.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Mar 2010
Lopes Dos Santos Debora Regina, Lewis-Ximenez Lia Laura, da Silva Marcelle Figueira Marques, de Sousa Paulo Sérgio Fonseca, Gaspar Ana Maria Coimbra, Pinto Marcelo Alves
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BACKGROUND: Sporadic acute hepatitis E cases occurring in non-endemic areas have been associated to genotypes 3 and 4 of hepatitis E virus. Several studies have demonstrated the relationship among human and animals strains, mostly pigs and deers, from respective areas characterizing zoonosis. Cir...
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