title: Hepatitis E virus genotype diversity in eastern China.
abstract: We studied 47 hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from hospitalized patients in Nanjing and Taizhou, eastern China. Genotypes 1, 3, and 4 were prevalent; genotype 3 and subgenotype 4b showed a close relationship with the swine strains in eastern China, thus indicating that HEV genotype 3 had infected humans in China.
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. z0216wen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yilin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shihe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Xiuguo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral