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[Two cases of acute hepatitis E infected with descendant strains of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 strain isolated from swine herd in Miyazaki Prefecture 12 years ago - one case had acute facial paralysis].
Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology - 1 Aug 2015
Nakamura Masahiko, Kusumoto Kazunori, Ochiai Toshimasa, Kawagoe Tomio, Tai Hiroshi, Matsuoka Hitoshi, Nakano Tatsunori, Nagata Kenji, Shimoda Kazuya, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
We experienced two cases of acute hepatitis E in Miyazaki Prefecture in the same period. The patients were unknown to each other and did not have any clear causes or common risk factors of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. Nucleotide sequences of the HEV isolates revealed that the two isolates were closely related but with different HEV genotype 3 strains. The two cases appeared to be infected from unknown and...
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