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Published on: June 26, 2020
Identification of a novel variant of human hepatitis E virus in Hungary
Gábor Reuter1, Domonka Fodor, Andrea Kátai
1Regional Laboratory of Virology, ANTSZ Baranya County Institute of State Public Health Service, Szabadság u. 7, Pécs, Hungary. reuterg@baranya.antsz.hu
Abstract:
First human case of hepatitis E infection detected in Hungary is reported. This hepatitis E virus (HEV), Hungary1, belongs to genotype 3 and had 95% and 90% nucleotide identity within the capsid region of the European swine and human (Greece2) strains, respectively. Hungary1 represents a potential novel human variant of HEV in genus Hepevirus.
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