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Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus in France: An Autochthonous Infection With a More Severe Presentation
Author(s) -
Asma Jeblaoui,
Stéphanie HaïmBoukobza,
Eric Marchadier,
Camélia Mokhtari,
AnneMarie RoqueAfonso
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit291
Subject(s) - genotype , virology , medicine , hepatitis e virus , presentation (obstetrics) , virus , hepatitis c virus , biology , gene , genetics , radiology
Among hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections diagnosed in 2011 by the French Reference Centre for HEV, 9 were due to genotype 4, which until recently was limited to Asia. Sequences from autochthonous cases formed a single cluster very similar to Belgian swine sequences. Clinical presentation differed from genotype 3 infections.

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