Genotype distribution and sequence variation of hepatitis E virus, Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: Most acute cases of infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Hong Kong were autochthonous, sporadic, and occurred in older adults. All except 1 isolate belonged to genotype 4; most were phylogenetically related to swine isolates. The epidemiology is similar to that in industrialized countries, where zoonosis is the major source of HEV infection in humans.

SUBMITTER: Lam WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2687042 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature