TY - JOUR AU - Smith, Donald AU - Vanek, Jeff AU - Wellington, Louise AU - Johannessen, Ingolfur AU - Ramalingam, Sandeep AU - Simmonds, Peter T1 - Hepatitis E Virus Mixed Infection in Immunocompetent Patient T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 468 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected 2 hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in an acutely infected immunocompetent patient. Two populations of genotype 3 virus were observed in the hypervariable regions and open reading frames 2 and 3, indicating multiple infection with hepatitis E virus. Persons with mixed infections may provide the opportunity for virus recombination. KW - Hepatitis E virus KW - mixed infection KW - viruses KW - immunocompetent KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid1903.121510 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/3/12-1510_article ER - End of Reference