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Circulation of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus in Europe: first autochthonous hepatitis E infection in France.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2012
Tessé Sophie, Lioure Bruno, Fornecker Luc, Wendling Marie-Josée, Stoll-Keller Françoise, Bigaillon Christine, Nicand Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human HEV infections reported in Europe without previous travel to endemic regions are linked to exposure to genotype 3 Hepatitis E virus (HEV).Genotype 3 is widely distributed through human cases and zoonotic reservoir. The geographical distribution of genotype 4 is limited to Asian countries. OBJECTIVES: The first human case of autochthonous genotype 4 hepatitis E infection was reported in France....
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