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The first evidence of hepatitis A virus subgenotype IIIA in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon, 1982-1983.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2022
Moreira Luiz V L, Malheiros Andreza P, Barbosa Kemere M V, Freitas Pedro E B, Silva Andrea L, Cruz Ana C R, Nunes Heloisa M, das Chagas André A C, de Souza Alex J S
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Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a major causative agent of acute hepatitis worldwide. Although discovered in 1973, due to limitations of applicable serological and/or molecular methods, HAV remained under limited diagnosis until the late 1980s. This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the serological and molecular prevalence of the HAV infection among 421 (n = 421) patients with a clinical and laboratory suspicion...
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