Novel Hepatitis E Virus in Ferrets, the Netherlands

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To the Editor: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a member of the family Hepeviridae and the genus Hepevirus, is transmitted by the fecal–oral route and causes liver inflammation, which leads to mortality rates of ≤20% in pregnant woman (1,2). Human hepatitis E is a major disease not only in developing countries but also in industrialized countries, and identification of animal strains of HEV in pigs and deer and its...

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