Hepatitis E
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Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) was discovered during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, after an outbreak of unexplained hepatitis at a military camp. A pooled faecal extract from affected soldiers was ingested by a member of the research team. He became sick, and the new virus (named HEV), was detected in his stool by electron microscopy. Subsequently, endemic HEV has been identified ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082008000800013