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SUBMITTER: Clemente-Casares P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2957966 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clemente-Casares Pilar P Pina Sonia S Buti Maria M Jardi Rosend R MartIn Margarita M Bofill-Mas Sílvia S Girones Rosina R
Emerging infectious diseases 20030401 4
To determine the prevalence of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in industrialized nations, we analyzed the excretion of HEV strains by the populations of Spain, France, Greece, Sweden, and the United States. Twenty of 46 (43.5%) urban sewage samples collected in Barcelona from 1994 to 2002 tested positive for HEV. We identified 15 HEV strains, which were similar to two HEV isolates previously described in Barcelona in clinical samples and to strains from diverse geographic HEV-nonendemic areas. We also i ...[more]