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Identification of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus in fecal samples from a pig farm located in a Shanghai suburb.
Veterinary microbiology - 31 Mar 2007
Ning Haiqiang, Niu Zhongxiang, Yu Ruisong, Zhang Peihua, Dong Shijuan, Li Zhen
Abstract excerpt
Strains of hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1 and 4 have been detected on the Chinese mainland although there have been no previous reports of zoonotic genotype 3 HEV. In the present study, 65 swine fecal specimens were collected from five pig farms located in different Shanghai suburbs. RT-PCR and nested PCR were undertaken using partial nucleotide sequences of Open Reading Frame 2 (ORF2) of HEV to detect HEV...
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