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Making the case for the development of a vaccination against hepatitis E virus.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Feb 2015
Haffar Samir, Bazerbachi Fateh, Lake John R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a global problem that affects 20 million individuals, and cause acute hepatitis in 3.5 million, with approximately 70,000 deaths worldwide per year. While the acute disease is generally self-limited, however, it may progress to fatal fulminant liver failure in certain individuals. Contaminated water supplies disseminate this virus through the faecal-oral route, and swine is...
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