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Detection and characterization of hepatitis A virus circulating in Egypt.
Archives of virology - 1 Jul 2017
Hamza Hazem, Abd-Elshafy Dina Nadeem, Fayed Sayed A, Bahgat Mahmoud Mohamed, El-Esnawy Nagwa Abass, Abdel-Mobdy Emam
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) still poses a considerable problem worldwide. In the current study, hepatitis A virus was recovered from wastewater samples collected from three wastewater treatment plants over one year. Using RT-PCR, HAV was detected in 43 out of 68 samples (63.2%) representing both inlet and outlet. Eleven positive samples were subjected to sequencing targeting the VP1-2A junction region. Phylogenetic...
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