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Hepatitis E virus genotype diversity in eastern China.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2010
Zhang Wen, He Yilin, Wang Hua, Shen Quan, Cui Li, Wang Xiaochun, Shao Shihe, Hua Xiuguo
Abstract excerpt
We studied 47 hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from hospitalized patients in Nanjing and Taizhou, eastern China. Genotypes 1, 3, and 4 were prevalent; genotype 3 and subgenotype 4b showed a close relationship with the swine strains in eastern China, thus indicating that HEV genotype 3 had infected humans in China.
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