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Molecular detection of hepatitis E virus in sewage samples.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
La Rosa Giuseppina, Pourshaban Manoochehr, Iaconelli Marcello, Vennarucci Valentina Spuri, Muscillo Michele
Abstract excerpt
Human hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an emerging pathogen in industrialized countries. In Italy, the true burden of HEV infection is unknown. Molecular HEV screening of raw sewage samples from 11 wastewater treatment plants yielded 19 positives (16%; 18 genotype I, 1 genotype III) evenly distributed throughout Italy. Evidence that HEV could be establishing itself in our region is accumulating and may...
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