Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2013)
Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4, Nanjing, China, 2001–2011
Abstract
During 2001–2011, hepatitis E virus (HEV) was found in the blood of patients in Nanjing, China. All HEV-positive patients had virus genotype 4; subgenotype 4a was predominant. The effective population of HEV in Nanjing increased in ≈1980 and continued until ≈2003 when it plateaued.
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