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Epidemiology of Hepatitis E.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2016
Geng Yansheng, Wang Youchun
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is globally prevalent with relatively high percentages of anti-HEV immunoglobulin G-positive individuals in the populations of developing and developed countries. There are two distinct epidemiologic patterns of hepatitis E. In areas with high disease endemicity, primarily developing countries in Asia and Africa, this disease is caused mainly by genotype 1 or 2 HEV, both of which transmit...
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