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Hepatitis E outbreak at a nursing home for aged people in Hokkaido, Japan, between February and March 2016.

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2018

Ishida Setsuko, Matsuura Kaori, Yoshizumi Shima, Miyoshi Masahiro, Sugisawa Takahisa, Tanida Mitsuhiro, Okano Motohiko

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BACKGROUND: Infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 are usually asymptomatic but can occasionally result in life-threatening acute hepatitis. To date, only sporadic cases together with a few outbreaks have been documented. Seroprevalence studies with assays for the detection of HEV IgG antibodies, suggest that HEV is more prevalent than previously thought, even in non-endemic regions. OBJECTIVES:...

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PMID: 29414183
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.01.009

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