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Population density and water balance influence the global occurrence of hepatitis E epidemics

In developing countries, the waterborne transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV), caused by HEV genotypes 1 (HEV-1) and 2 (HEV-2), leads to the onset of large recurrent outbreaks. HEV infections are of particular concern among pregnant women, due to very high mortality rates (up to 70%). Unfortunatel...

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Autores principales: Carratalà, Anna, Joost, Stéphane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31296895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46475-3