Abstract
We characterized 42 hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 strains from infected patients in France in 3 parts of the genome and sequenced the full-length HEV genotype 3f genome found in Europe. These strains are closely related to swine strains in Europe, which suggests zoonotic transmission of HEV in France.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Europe / epidemiology
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France / epidemiology
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Genetic Variation*
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Genome, Viral
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Genotype
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Hepatitis E / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis E / virology
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Hepatitis E virus / classification*
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics
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Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
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Hospitals, University
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Swine
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Swine Diseases / epidemiology
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Swine Diseases / virology
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Zoonoses / virology