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Molecular characterization of hepatitis A virus isolates from environmental and clinical samples in Greece.
Virology journal - 16 Sept 2010
Kokkinos Petros, Ziros Panos, Filippidou Sevasti, Mpampounakis Ioannis, Vantarakis Apostolos
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains detected in environmental and clinical samples were analysed to characterize the genotypes of HAV circulating in Greece. Fifty (50) sewage samples were collected from Patras (South-Western Greece) and Alexandroupolis (North-Eastern Greece) from 2007 until 2009, accordingly. The clinical samples derived from an HAV outbreak involved populations from three neighbouring...
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