Evolutionary history and population dynamics of hepatitis E virus.

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted hepatropic virus. It segregates as four genotypes. All genotypes infect humans while only genotypes 3 and 4 also infect several animal species. It has been suggested that hepatitis E is zoonotic, but no study has an...

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Main Authors: Michael A Purdy, Yury E Khudyakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21203540/pdf/?tool=EBI