Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus isolates from Egypt.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199901)57:1<68::aid-jmv10>3.0.co;2-e

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Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus isolates from Egypt.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1999

Tsarev S A, Binn L N, Gomatos P J, Arthur R R, Monier M K, van Cuyck-Gandre H, Longer C F, Innis B L

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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genome was detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in fecal samples of two sporadic cases of hepatitis E in Cairo Egypt. Sequence of the complete putative structural region [open reading frame (ORF)-2] and complete region of unknown function (O...

Topics

Adult
Egypt
Evolution, Molecular
Feces
Genotype
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E virus
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
Sequence Analysis

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