Hepatitis E Virus Genotype Diversity in Eastern China |
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| Authors: | Wen Zhang Yilin He Hua Wang Quan Shen Li Cui Xiaochun Wang Shihe Shao Xiuguo Hua |
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| Institution: | Author affiliations: Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China (W. Zhang, H. Wang, X. Wang, S. Shao);;Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu (Y. He);;Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA (Q. Shen);;Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (L. Cui, X. Hua) |
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| Abstract: | We studied 47 hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from hospitalized patients in Nanjing and Taizhou, eastern China. Genotypes 1, 3, and 4 were prevalent; genotype 3 and subgenotype 4b showed a close relationship with the swine strains in eastern China, thus indicating that HEV genotype 3 had infected humans in China. |
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| Keywords: | Hepatitis E virus viruses genotype diversity phylogenetic analysis zoonoses swine China dispatch |
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