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Phylogeography and evolutionary history of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Argentina.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 19 Jan 2022
Pisano María B, Culasso Andrés C A, Altabert Nancy, Martínez Wassaf Maribel G, Nates Silvia V, González Jorge, Contigiani Marta S, Campos Rodolfo, Ré Viviana E
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BACKGROUND: Few studies about the evolutionary history of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) have been conducted. The aim of our work was to investigate and make inferences about the origin and routes of dispersion of HEV-3 in Argentina. METHODS: Phylogenetic, coalescent and phylogeographic analyses were performed using a 322-bp ORF2 genomic fragment of all HEV-3 sequences with known date and place of isolation...
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