A tightly clustered hepatitis E virus genotype 1a is associated with endemic and outbreak infections in Bangladesh

Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is endemic in Bangladesh and there are occasional outbreaks. The molecular characteristics and pathogenesis of endemic and outbreak HEV strains are poorly understood. We compared the genetic relatedness and virulence associated mutations of endemic HEV st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoa, TN, Munshi, SU, Ngoc, KN, Ngoc, CL, Thanh, TTT, Akther, T, Tabassum, S, Parvin, N, Baker, S, Rahman, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2021