Abstract
Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4, Denmark, 2012
Highlights
Genotyping was conducted by amplifying 804 bp of open reading frame 2
Months and years of sample collection are indicated after the sequence names
The only link was the date of sample collection
Summary
Genotyping was conducted by amplifying 804 bp of open reading frame 2. Of the 3 patients from Denmark, the HEV4 sequence from 1 patient (March 2012) resembled the sequence from Italy, and these 2 strains grouped together with strains from humans and other animals from China (Figure). This patient reported having traveled to China; zoonotic infection acquired while abroad is suggested. The other 2 patients from Denmark (June 2012) reported no travel history, and the viruses detected in these patients
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