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The detection and characterization of hepatitis E virus in pig livers from retail markets of India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2008
Kulkarni M A, Arankalle V A
Abstract excerpt
The zoonotic transmission of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a well-established fact and pigs are known reservoirs of the virus. The human and swine HEV from countries such as the USA, Japan and Taiwan, show a remarkable sequence identity. Swine liver samples from markets in Japan and US were shown to be HEV RNA positive. In contrast, in India, viruses belonging to different genotypes, that is, genotypes 1 and 4...
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