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Hepatitis E virus subtype 3f strains isolated from Japanese hepatitis patients with no history of travel to endemic areas - The origin analyzed by molecular evolution.
Virology - 1 Jan 2018
Nakano Tatsunori, Takahashi Masaharu, Takahashi Kazuaki, Nagashima Shigeo, Suzuki Yusuke, Nishigaki Yoichi, Tomita Eiichi, Okano Hiroshi, Oya Yumi, Shiraki Katsuya, Takase Kojiro, Sugimoto Kazushi, Koyama Junichi, Mizuo Hitoshi, Ikezawa Kazuto, Aikawa Tatsuya, Arai Masahiro, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus subtype 3f (HEV-3f) strains are usually isolated in Europe and Thailand. Recently, HEV-3f strains were detected from six acute hepatitis E patients in Japan, none of whom had a history of travel to endemic areas. We inferred the origin and transmission route of the six HEV-3f strains. A time-scaled phylogenetic tree of the six strains with reference strains was constructed using a Bayesian...
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