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Prevalence of hepatitis viruses in patients with acute hepatitis and characterization of the detected genotype 4 hepatitis E virus sequences in Mongolia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2016
Tsatsralt-Od Bira, Baasanjav Nachin, Nyamkhuu Dulmaa, Ohnishi Hiroshi, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E is considered to be a worldwide public health problem. Although the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies in healthy individuals is noted to be 11%, no patients with acute hepatitis E have previously been identified in Mongolia. Three hundred two consecutive patients (183 males and 119 females; median age of 22.0 [Interquartile range: 18.3-25.0] years) who were clinically diagnosed with...
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