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Comparison of hepatitis E virus genotypes from rabbits and pigs in the same geographic area: no evidence of natural cross-species transmission between the two animals.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Geng Yansheng, Zhang Hongxin, Li Jun, Huang Weijin, Harrison Tim J, Zhao Chenyan, Zhou Yanchun, Lian Haichen, Wang Youchun
Abstract excerpt
Domesticated pigs have been shown to be a reservoir of genotypes 3 and 4 hepatitis E virus (HEV). Farmed rabbits were recently recognized as the host of a novel virus, rabbit HEV. In order to determine whether HEV is transmitted naturally between rabbits and pigs, a survey on HEV infections was c...
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