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Detection of hepatitis E virus in wild boar (Sus scrofa) livers.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Nov 2010
Kaba Mamadou, Davoust Bernard, Marié Jean-Lou, Colson Philippe
Abstract excerpt
The routes of transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in industrialised countries are largely unknown, but several studies suggest that HEV can be a porcine zoonosis. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of HEV in the wild boar (Sus scrofa) and to determine the genetic relationships between HEV sequences recovered from wild boars and from domestic pigs and humans. HEV RNA was detected by...
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