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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Autores principales: Garbuglia, Anna R., Scognamiglio, Paola, Petrosillo, Nicola, Mastroianni, Claudio Maria, Sordillo, Pasquale, Gentile, Daniele, La Scala, Patrizia, Girardi, Enrico, Capobianchi, Maria R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23260079
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1901.120983
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Sumario: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 strains new to Western countries.

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