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SUBMITTER: Teo EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392643 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Teo Esmeralda Chi-Yuan EC Tan Boon-Huan BH Purdy Michael A MA Wong Pui-San PS Ting Pei-Jun PJ Chang Pik-Eu Jason PJ Oon Lynette Lin-Ean LL Sue Amanda A Teo Chong-Gee CG Tan Chee-Kiat CK
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20170116 4
AbstractThe incidence of hepatitis E in Singapore appears to be increasing. A retrospective case-series study of patients diagnosed with hepatitis E in a tertiary hospital from 2009 to 2013 was conducted. Of 16 cases, eight (50%) were solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), and 14 (88%) were found infected by genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV-3). Bayesian inferences based on HEV subgenomic sequences from seven cases suggest that HEV-3 strains were introduced to Singapore as two principal line ...[more]