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First case of genotype 4 human hepatitis E virus infection acquired in India.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2010
Rolfe K J, Curran M D, Mangrolia N, Gelson W, Alexander G J M, L'estrange M, Vivek R, Tedder R, Ijaz S
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This report describes a case of severe hepatitis in an individual returning from India which was found to be the result of infection with HEV genotype 4. HEV was diagnosed using a novel RT-PCR assay (with internal control) for HEV RNA detection/quantitation, described herein. This is the first do...
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