Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4 Outbreak, Italy, 2011
During 2011, 5 persons in the area of Lazio, Italy were infected with a monophyletic strain of hepatitis E virus that showed high sequence homology with isolates from swine in China. Detection of this genotype in Italy parallels findings in other countries in Europe, signaling the possible spread of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/1/12-0983_article |