Hepatitis E virus genotype diversity in eastern China.
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.
Zhang
Wen
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School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. z0216wen@yahoo.com
He
Yilin
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Wang
Hua
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Shen
Quan
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Cui
Li
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Wang
Xiaochun
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Shao
Shihe
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Hua
Xiuguo
X
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
D012367:RNA, Viral