Human and swine hepatitis E viruses from Western India belong to different genotypes.

@article{Arankalle2002HumanAS,
  title={Human and swine hepatitis E viruses from Western India belong to different genotypes.},
  author={Vidya Avinash Arankalle and Leenata P Chobe and Manohar V Joshi and Mandeep Chadha and Biduth Kundu and Atul Madhukar Walimbe},
  journal={Journal of hepatology},
  year={2002},
  volume={36 3},
  pages={
          417-25
        }
}
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