The incidence of hepatitis a virus in selected water sources and associated risk of infection in South Africa
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a non-enveloped, positively charged single stranded RNA hepatotropic agent from the family Picornaviridae, and the sole member of the genus Hepatovirus. There is only one HAV serotype but there are seven genotypes. Hepatitis A (HA) infection is usually self-limiting and th...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27230 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08132008-122755/ |