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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1708.100769
Personal Author:
Dell’Amico, Maria Chiara ; Cavallo, Annalisa ; Gonzales, José Luis ; Bonelli, Sara Irene ; Valda, Ybar ; ... More +
Dell’Amico, Maria Chiara ; Cavallo, Annalisa ; Gonzales, José Luis ; Bonelli, Sara Irene ; Valda, Ybar ; Pieri, Angela ; Segundo, Higinio ; Ibañez, Ramón ; Mantella, Antonia ; Bartalesi, Filippo ; Tolari, Francesco ; Bartoloni, Alessandro Less -
Description:
We determined the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in persons in 2 rural communities in southeastern Bolivia and the presence of HEV in human and swine fecal samples. HEV seroprevalence was 6.3%, and HEV genotype 3 strains with high sequence homology were detected.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Child
Child, Preschool
Dispatch
ELISA
Feces
Genotype
Genotype 3
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E Virus
Humans
Infant
Middle Aged
Phylogenetic Analysis
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral
RT-PCR
Rural Population
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Swine
Swine Diseases
Viruses
Young Adult
Dispatch
Hepatitis E Virus
Humans
Swine

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1488-1490.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Bolivia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:3f4107a9ad96a4bc21c4c6f15d56e1d6370fe58afbc22ca7c6c979fdd9600c2e
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