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Major human Hepatitis A virus genotype in Hong Kong marine waters and detection by real-time PCR.
Marine pollution bulletin - 1 Dec 2011
Yang Ning, Chu Daniel Ling Ho, Wong Minnie Man Lai, Qi Huizhou, Wu Rudolf Shiu Sun, Kong Richard Yuen Chong
Abstract excerpt
Marine waters from seven sites around Hong Kong with varying levels of sewage pollution were analyzed for Hepatitis A virus (HAV) by PCR cloning and DNA sequencing of the highly variable VP1/2A junction of the HAV genome. Phylogenetic analysis of 10 PCR clones from each of the HAV-positive marine sites indicated that human HAV genotype IB is the most widely distributed type in Hong Kong waters. A sensitive and...
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