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Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Ireland.
Irish medical journal - 9 Sept 2016
Hickey C, Spillane D, Benson J, Levis J, Fanning L J, Cryan B, Prentice M B
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single stranded RNA virus causing infection worldwide. In developing countries HEV genotypes 1 and 2 spread faeco-orally via water. Recently, infections with HEV have been detected in Europe and North America in patients with no travel history. These are food-borne HEV genotypes 3 and 4, a pig-associated zoonosis. Most infections are asymptomatic but morbidity and chronic infection...
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