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Hepatitis E Virus Genotypes and Evolution: Emergence of Camel Hepatitis E Variants.
International journal of molecular sciences - 20 Apr 2017
Sridhar Siddharth, Teng Jade L L, Chiu Tsz-Ho, Lau Susanna K P, Woo Patrick C Y
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis globally. Zoonotic HEV is an important cause of chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients. The rapid identification of novel HEV variants and accumulating sequence information has prompted significant changes in taxonomy of the family Hepeviridae. This family includes two genera: Orthohepevirus, which infects terrestrial vertebrates, and...
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