Hepatitis E Virus Mutations: Functional and Clinical Relevance

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a major cause of acute hepatitis and affects more than 20 million individuals, with three million symptomatic cases and 56,000 recognized HEV-related deaths worldwide. HEV is endemic in developing countries and is gaining importance in developed countries, due to...

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Main Authors: Hoang van Tong, Nghiem Xuan Hoan, Bo Wang, Heiner Wedemeyer, C.-Thomas Bock, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396416303498