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Sources of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in The Netherlands.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2009
Rutjes Saskia A, Lodder Willemijn J, Lodder-Verschoor Froukje, van den Berg Harold H J L, Vennema Harry, Duizer Erwin, Koopmans Marion, de Roda Husman Ana Maria
Abstract excerpt
Non-travel-related hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 infections in persons in the Netherlands may have a zoonotic, foodborne, or water-borne origin. Possible reservoirs for HEV transmission by water, food, and animals were studied. HEV genotype 3/open reading frame 2 sequences were detected in 53% of pig farms, 4% of wild boar feces, and 17% of surface water samples. HEV sequences grouped within 4 genotype 3...
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