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Identification of a novel strain of hepatitis E virus responsible for sporadic acute hepatitis in Taiwan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1998
Hsieh S Y, Yang P Y, Ho Y P, Chu C M, Liaw Y F
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a self-limited disease and occurs most frequently as epidemic or sporadic hepatitis in developing countries. The role of HEV in sporadic acute hepatitis in areas without a history of hepatitis E epidemics is obscure. Recently, it was found that more than 10% of the patients with acute non-A, non-B, non-C hepatitis in Taiwan were associated with an acute HEV...
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