Identification of a novel strain of hepatitis E virus responsible for sporadic acute hepatitis in Taiwan.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199808)55:4<300::aid-jmv8>3.0.co;2-4

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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

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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 m...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA, Complementary
Genome, Viral
Genotype
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E virus
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Taiwan

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