Detection and molecular characterization of sporadic cases of acute human hepatitis E virus infection in Uruguay

In developing countries, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a public-health concern because it causes epidemics and waterborne outbreaks. In South America, few HEV strains have been characterized at the molecular level. We report the detection and molecular analysis of the first set of sporadic ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of virology 2011-08, Vol.156 (8), p.1451-1454
Hauptverfasser:	Mirazo, Santiago, Ramos, Natalia, Russi, José C., Gagliano, Gustavo, Arbiza, Juan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Blood & organ donations Brief Report Developing countries Epidemics Epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genes, Viral Genomes Genotype Genotype & phenotype Hepatitis Hepatitis E - epidemiology Hepatitis E - virology Hepatitis E virus Hepatitis E virus - genetics Human viral diseases Humans Hypotheses Infections Infectious Diseases LDCs Medical Microbiology Medical sciences Microbiology Miscellaneous Phylogenetics Phylogeny Risk Factors Software Uruguay - epidemiology Viral diseases Viral hepatitis Virology Zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:	In developing countries, hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a public-health concern because it causes epidemics and waterborne outbreaks. In South America, few HEV strains have been characterized at the molecular level. We report the detection and molecular analysis of the first set of sporadic cases of autochthonous human genotype 3 HEV infection in Uruguay.
ISSN:	0304-8608 1432-8798
DOI:	10.1007/s00705-011-0991-2