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Isolation and characterization of two new hepatitis E virus genotype 1 strains from two mini-outbreaks in Lahore, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Pakistan is a highly endemic area for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. The aim of the current study was to isolate and characterize strains of HEV in two mini outbreaks. RESULTS: RNA was extracted and reverse transcribed to cDNA. Nested PCR was done for the detection of HEV RNA. The po...

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Tahir, Idrees, Muhammad, Ali, Liaqat, Hussain, Abrar, Ali, Muhammad, Butt, Sadia, Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair, Sabar, Muhammad Farooq
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-8-94