Hepatitis E in High-Income Countries: What Do We Know? And What Are the Knowledge Gaps?
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a positive-strand RNA virus transmitted by the fecal–oral route. HEV genotypes 1 and 2 infect only humans and cause mainly waterborne outbreaks. HEV genotypes 3 and 4 are widely represented in the animal kingdom, and are mainly transmitted as a zoonosis. For the...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/6/285 |