TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis E virus genotype 4 outbreak, Italy, 2011
AU - Garbuglia, Anna R.
AU - Scognamiglio, Paola
AU - Petrosillo, Nicola
AU - Mastroianni, Claudio Maria
AU - Sordillo, Pasquale
AU - Gentile, Daniele
AU - La Scala, Patrizia
AU - Girardi, Enrico
AU - Capobianchi, Maria R.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - During 2011, 5 persons in the area of Lazio, Italy were infected with a monophyletic strain of hepatitis E virus that showed high sequence homology with isolates from swine in China. Detection of this genotype in Italy parallels findings in other countries in Europe, signaling the possible spread of strains new to Western countries.
AB - During 2011, 5 persons in the area of Lazio, Italy were infected with a monophyletic strain of hepatitis E virus that showed high sequence homology with isolates from swine in China. Detection of this genotype in Italy parallels findings in other countries in Europe, signaling the possible spread of strains new to Western countries.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1901.120983
DO - 10.3201/eid1901.120983
M3 - Article
C2 - 23260079
AN - SCOPUS:84871633349
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 19
SP - 110
EP - 114
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -