Full-genome characterization of the RIVM-HAV16-090-like hepatitis A virus strains recovered from Japanese men who have sex with men, with sporadic acute hepatitis A.

Shunji WatanabeNaoki MorimotoKouichi MiuraYoshinari TakaokaHiroaki NomotoMamiko TsukuiNorio IsodaHiroshi OhnishiShigeo NagashimaMasaharu TakahashiHiroaki OkamotoHironori Yamamoto

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)

We determined for the first time the full-genome sequence of HAV isolated from Japanese MSM with acute hepatitis A and found that the strains were identical to those from MSM worldwide. Thus, these HAV strains were imported to Japan from foreign countries through MSM.

Keyphrases

men who have sex with men
hiv testing
hiv positive
escherichia coli
liver failure
respiratory failure
drug induced
aortic dissection
gene expression
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
dna methylation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome