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Changing molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis A virus in Santiago, Chile from 2010 to 2021.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2023
Levican Jorge, Ampuero Manuel, Rabello Camila, Venegas Ignacio, Quarleri Jorge, Gaggero Aldo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis A (HAV) virus causes asymptomatic to life-treating fulminant hepatitis. During infection, patients show large viral excretion in their stools. Resistance of HAV to environmental conditions, allows us to recover viral nucleotide sequences from wastewater and trace its evolutionary history. METHODS: We characterize twelve years of HAV circulation in wastewater from Santiago, Chile, and...
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