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Subtypes of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus in pigs.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Aug 2013
Lu Yi-Han, Qian Han-Zhu, Qin Xue, Jiang Qing-Wu, Zheng Ying-Jie
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA in faecal and bile samples from pigs in abattoirs in Eastern and South Western China from 2006 to 2011 was determined by reverse transcriptase PCR. HEV-3 was detected in 4/5952 (0.07%) pigs and HEV-4 was detected in 287/5952 (4.8%) pigs. Two HEV-3 subtype 3a strains from South Western China had 87.1-89.7% sequence identity. Two HEV-3 subtype 3b strains from Eastern...
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