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Prevalence of hepatitis E virus and sapovirus in post-weaning pigs and identification of their genetic diversity.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2008
Yu J N, Kim M Y, Kim D G, Kim S E, Lee J B, Park S Y, Song C S, Shin H C, Seo K H, Choi I S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and sapovirus (SaV) induce acute hepatitis and gastroenteritis, respectively, in humans. As pigs have been recognized as an important reservoir for these viruses, we evaluated the infection rates of both viruses using fecal samples collected from post-weaning pigs via RT-PCR methods. In the five swine farms assessed in this study, 3 farms were found to be HEV-positive and 4 farms were...
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