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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 657-666Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)01584-8
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hepatitis E virus; hepatitis E; non-A, non-B hepatitis; non-A-C hepatitis
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The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus with icosahedral symmetry. Although it is related to the alpha-virus superfamily, the HEV is classified as a separate Hepatitis E-like viruses genus. Infection in humans occurs in sporadic and epidemic forms and can cause an acute, self-limited, icteric hepatitis. Recent studies indicate the existence of a reservoir in animals. (C) 2002 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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