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Hepatitis A virus: host interactions, molecular epidemiology and evolution.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Vaughan Gilberto, Goncalves Rossi Livia Maria, Forbi Joseph C, de Paula Vanessa S, Purdy Michael A, Xia Guoliang, Khudyakov Yury E
Abstract excerpt
Infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the commonest viral cause of liver disease and presents an important public health problem worldwide. Several unique HAV properties and molecular mechanisms of its interaction with host were recently discovered and should aid in clarifying the pathogenesis of hepatitis A. Genetic characterization of HAV strains have resulted in the identification of different genotypes...
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