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First case of genotype 4 human hepatitis E virus infection acquired in India

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jcv.2010.02.004

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Kathryn J. Rolfe, Martin D. Curran, N. Mangrolia, William Gelson, Graeme Alexander, M. LeStrange, R Vivek, Richard S. Tedder, Samreen Ijaz,

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This report describes a case of severe hepatitis in an individual returning from India which was found to be the result of infection with HEV genotype 4. HEV was diagnosed using a novel RT-PCR assay (with internal control) for HEV RNA detection/quantitation, described herein. This is the first documented report of zoonotic transmission of HEV genotype 4 infection acquired in India.