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Hepatitis A virus strains identified in jogaejeot associated with outbreaks in Seoul, South Korea.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Jul 2021
Jeong H W, Kim M K, Yi H J, Kim D M, Jeon S J, Lee H K, Oh Y H, Hwang Y O
Abstract excerpt
Jogaejeot, seasoned Venerupis philippinarum, is a traditional Korean fermented food, and hepatitis A virus (HAV) can be transmitted through contaminated food, especially bivalve shellfish, causing acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Here, we carried out a phylogenetic analysis to identify and characterize HAV strains in jogaejeot samples associated with hepatitis A (HA) outbreaks in Seoul, South Korea, in 2019. The...
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