Article
Detection and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus in clinical, environmental and putative animal sources.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2012
Ishida Setsuko, Yoshizumi Shima, Ikeda Tetsuya, Miyoshi Masahiro, Goto Akiko, Matsubayashi Keiji, Ikeda Hisami
Abstract excerpt
Putative animal reservoirs and environmental samples were studied to investigate potential routes of transmission for indigenous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Hokkaido, Japan. A total of 468 liver samples and 954 environmental samples were collected from 2003 to 2011 for this study. Four swine livers (1 %) were positive for HEV RNA; two strains belonged to genotype 3 and the other two strains were genotype...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
