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[Investigation of the hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in cases admitted to Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Hospital].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Oct 2015
Aydın Nesibe Nur, Ergünay Koray, Karagül Aydan, Pınar Ahmet, Us Dürdal
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), classified in Hepeviridae family, Hepevirus genus, is a non-enveloped virus with icosahedral capsid containing single-stranded positive sense RNA genome. HEV infections may be asymptomatic especially in children, however it may present as fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women, as well as chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients. There are four well-known genotypes of HEV that...
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