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Evolutionary history and population dynamics of hepatitis E virus.
PloS one - 17 Dec 2010
Purdy Michael A, Khudyakov Yury E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted hepatropic virus. It segregates as four genotypes. All genotypes infect humans while only genotypes 3 and 4 also infect several animal species. It has been suggested that hepatitis E is zoonotic, but no study has analyzed the evolutionary history of HEV. We present here an analysis of the evolutionary history of HEV. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The times...
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