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Epidemiological and molecular investigation of a hepatitis A outbreak in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 31 Dec 2020
Barathidasan Rajamani, Vanathy Kandasamy, Venkatesh Kaliaperumal, Sharmila Ferdina Marie, Dhodapkar Rahul
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INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis A virus causes an acute infection mainly in young children. The present study was carried out to characterize the nature of hepatitis A virus (HAV) involved in an outbreak of jaundice in children. METHODOLOGY: Serum and stool samples from five children were sampled from among 26 clinically diagnosed jaundice cases. HAV IgM ELISA and PCR were used for confirmatory diagnosis and molecular...
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