Epidemiological and virological characteristics of symptomatic acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo. Patients with acute hepatitis E were identified through a surveillance of acute hepatitis using the following definition: recent (

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