Publication details
Detection and Phylogenetic Characterization of Human Hepatitis E Virus Strains, Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101205 |
| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | controlled study; Czech Republic; genotype; hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; human; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; phylogeny; virus detection; virus isolation; virus strain |
| Description | To determine the origin of hepatitis E virus in the Czech Republic, we analyzed patient clinical samples. Five isolates of genotypes 3e, 3f, and 3g were obtained. Their genetic relatedness with Czech strains from domestic pigs and wild boars and patient recollections suggest an autochthonous source likely linked to consumption of contaminated pork. |