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Swine as the possible source of hepatitis E virus transmission to humans in Thailand.
Archives of virology - 1 Oct 2010
Suwannakarn Kamol, Tongmee Chitima, Theamboonlers Apiradee, Komolmit Piyawat, Poovorawan Yong
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This report describes a study that provides evidence of HEV transmission from pigs to humans in Thailand by applying molecular genetics analysis. It was found that viruses recovered from Thai patients are closely related to genotype 3 and swine hepatitis E virus in Thailand. Based on analysis of a 302-base-pair ORF2 fragment, the strains investigated belong to subgroup 3e and are closely related to European...
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