| Literature DB >> 14625096 |
Hélène van Cuyck1, François Juge, Pierre Roques.
Abstract
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is globally distributed, transmitted enterically and between humans and animals. Phylogenetic analysis has identified five distinct HEV genotypes. The first full-length sequence of an African strain (Chad) is presented and compared to 31 complete HEV genomes available, including the fulminant hepatitis strain from India, swine strains and a strain from Morocco. The two African strains are more closely related to genotype 1 than to any other genotypes and together they possibly form a sub-genotype or sixth genotype. The first evidence for recombination between divergent HEV strains is presented.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14625096 DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00241-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol ISSN: 0928-8244