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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infections in Shanghai, China.
Virology journal - 15 Dec 2011
Zhu Yumin, Si Fusheng, Cao Dianjun, Yu Xiaoming, Yu Ruisong, Dong Shijuan, Huang Fenfen, Zhang Yuanshu, Li Zhen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes acute or fulminant hepatitis in humans and is an important public health concern in many developing countries. China has a high incidence of HEV epidemics, with at least three genotypes (1, 3 and 4) and nine subtypes (1b, 1c, 3b, 4a, 4b, 4d, 4g, 4h and 4i) so far identified. Since genotype 3 and the newly identified subtype 4i have been exclusively limited geographically...
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