Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4 Outbreak, Italy, 2011

Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4 Outbreak, Italy, 2011

During 2011, 5 persons in the area of Lazio, Italy were infected with a monophyletic strain of hepatitis E virus that showed high sequence homology with isolates from swine in China. Detection of this genotype in Italy parallels findings in other countries in Europe, signaling the possible spread of...

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Main Authors: Anna R. Garbuglia, Paola Scognamiglio, Nicola Petrosillo, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Pasquale Sordillo, Daniele Gentile, Patrizia La Scala, Enrico Girardi, Maria R. Capobianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis E virus
viruse
outbreak
zoonosis
genotype
Italy
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/1/12-0983_article

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