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Genetic analysis of hepatitis A virus strains that induced epidemics in Korea during 2007-2009.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2012
Lee Hyeokjin, Jeong Hyesook, Yun Heasun, Kim Kisang, Kim Jong-Hyun, Yang Jai Myung, Cheon Doo-Sung
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus is one of the most prominent causes of fecally transmitted acute hepatitis worldwide. In order to characterize the viral agents causing an outbreak in Korea (comprising North and South Korea) from June 2007 to May 2009, we collected specimens and performed genotyping of the VP1/P2A and VP3/VP1 regions of hepatitis A virus. We then used a multiple-alignment algorithm to compare the nucleotide...
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