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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 5(15), p. 792-794, 2009
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Genotype Distribution and Sequence Variation of Hepatitis E Virus, Hong Kong
Journal article published in 2009 by
Wai-Yip Lam,
Rickjason C. W. Chan,
Joseph J. Y. Sung,
Paul K. S. Chan 
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Abstract
Most acute cases of infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Hong Kong were autochthonous, sporadic, and occurred in older adults. All except 1 isolate belonged to genotype 4; most were phylogenetically related to swine isolates. The epidemiology is similar to that in industrialized countries, where zoonosis is the major source of HEV infection in humans.