## Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the sole member of the genus Hepevirus in the family of Hepeviridae, is the major cause of several outbreaks of waterborne hepatitis in tropical and subtropical countries and of sporadic cases of viral hepatitis in endemic and industrialized countries. Transmiss
Epidemiological and clinical features of hepatitis E in Japan
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Yatsuhashi
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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