Abstract
Some European countries recently reported an increase in hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV-3) of the subtype 3c. No link between HEV-3 subtypes and severity is established to date. Here, we report that patients infected with HEV-3c were at lower risk of hospitalisation, compared to those infected with HEV-3f, the other main subtype circulating in Belgium.
Keywords:
Food-borne infections; hepatitis; infectious disease epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; zoonotic foodborne diseases.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Age Factors
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Aged
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Animals
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Belgium / epidemiology
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Confidence Intervals
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Female
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Genotype
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Hepatitis E / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis E / genetics*
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Hepatitis E / physiopathology
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Hepatitis E virus / classification
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
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Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
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Hospital Mortality*
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Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Phylogeny
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Prevalence
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Registries*
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Assessment
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Sex Factors
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Survival Rate
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Swine
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Swine Diseases / epidemiology
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Swine Diseases / virology