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Evidence for the presence of hepatitis E virus in pigs in the United Kingdom.
The Veterinary record - 21 Feb 2004
Banks M, Heath G S, Grierson S S, King D P, Gresham A, Girones R, Widen F, Harrison T J
Abstract excerpt
Samples of serum, tissue and faeces from two pig herds in England were examined for hepatitis E virus by reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), and a virus strain from each herd was partially sequenced. Eleven of 42 faecal samples and 16 of 21 tissue samples from two pigs were positive for the virus...
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