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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus infections in Catalonia, Spain, 2005-2009: circulation of newly emerging strains.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2011
Pérez-Sautu Unai, Costafreda M Isabel, Lite Josep, Sala Rosa, Barrabeig Irene, Bosch Albert, Pintó Rosa M
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BACKGROUND: In spite of annual vaccination campaigns, hepatitis A cases increased in Catalonia (North-East Spain) in the period 2002-2005 calling for the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms associated to the epidemiological shifts. OBJECTIVE: The molecular characterization of the circulating strains to trace their origin and the study of the effects of vaccination on the incidence of sporadic and...
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