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Viral and antibody HEV prevalence in swine at slaughterhouse in Italy.
Veterinary microbiology - 5 May 2011
Di Bartolo Ilaria, Ponterio Eleonora, Castellini Laura, Ostanello Fabio, Ruggeri Franco Maria
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E is an acute disease of humans caused by a small RNA virus, Hepatitis E virus (HEV). In recent years, an increasing number of autochthonous human infections have been reported in industrialized countries. Genotype 3 is the main HEV type circulating in swine, and is also reported in sporadic cases of hepatitis E in humans worldwide. To date one serotype has been described. We have conducted a survey to...
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