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Epidemiology of zoonotic hepatitis E: a community-based surveillance study in a rural population in China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhu Feng-Cai, Huang Shou-Jie, Wu Ting, Zhang Xue-Feng, Wang Zhong-Ze, Ai Xing, Yan Qiang, Yang Chang-Lin, Cai Jia-Ping, Jiang Han-Min, Wang Yi-Jun, Ng Mun-Hon, Zhang Jun, Xia Ning-Shao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E is caused by two viral genotype groups: human types and zoonotic types. Current understanding of the epidemiology of the zoonotic hepatitis E disease is founded largely on hospital-based studies. METHODS: The epidemiology of hepatitis E was investigated in a community-based surveillance study conducted over one year in a rural city in eastern China with a registered population of 400,162....
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