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Prevalence of four different subgenotypes of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus among swine in the Shanghai area of China.
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica - 31 May 2008
Yan Yijia, Zhang Wen, Shen Quan, Cui Li, Hua Xiuguo
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic pathogen of which swine was reported as major reservoirs. HEV has been divided into 4 different genotypes according to phylogenetic analysis. Recent reports showed that genotype 4 HEV is freely transmitted between humans and swine in eastern China, including Shanghai area. This paper investigated the recent infection status of HEV among swine population of...
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