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Evaluation of hepatitis E virus infection between different production systems of pigs in Brazil.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Feb 2014
da Costa Lana Marconni Victor, Gardinali Noemi Rovaris, da Cruz Raquel Aparecida Sales, Lopes Letícya Lerner, Silva Gustavo Sousa, Caramori Júnior João Garcia, de Oliveira Anderson Castro Soares, de Almeida Souza Marcos, Colodel Edson Moleta, Alfieri Amauri Alcindo, Pescador Caroline Argenta
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate the occurrence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in pigs from large-scale and family-scale farms, (2) genetically characterize the strains isolated, and (3) study the pathogenesis of swine HEV infection via immunohistochemistry. A total of 50 pigs from 10 farms in Mato Grosso State, Brazil were divided according to type of production system into either large-scale...
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