| seroepidemiology and genetic characterization of hepatitis e virus in the northeast of china. | the aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of infection and genotype of hepatitis e virus (hev) in people and animals in the northeast of china (heilongjiang, jilin and liaoning provinces). this seroepidemiological study was conducted using enzyme immunoassays and human sera positive for hev antigen or anti-hev igm, and animal sera positive for hev antigen or with an s/co <or=10 for anti-hev were tested for hev rna using real-time rt-pcr and nested rt-pcr. in humans, the overall prevale ... | 2009 | 19460321 |
| genotype analysis of hepatitis e virus from sporadic hepatitis e cases in northern china. | hepatitis e is an important public health problem in many countries. however, there is no definite conclusion about the zoonotic reservoir, transmission patterns and risk factors of hepatitis e in the human population. the aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological and viral genotype characteristics of hepatitis e cases in northern china. surveillance was conducted in two hospitals in liaoning and hebei province from july 2010 to june 2012. out of a total of 116 diagnosed patients, 88 ... | 2013 | 24140474 |