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Comparison of real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assays for detection of swine hepatitis E virus in fecal samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2014
Gerber Priscilla F, Xiao Chao-Ting, Cao Dianjun, Meng Xiang-Jin, Opriessnig Tanja
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute viral hepatitis in people in many developing countries and is also endemic in many industrialized countries. Mammalian HEV (mHEV) isolates can be divided into at least four recognized major genotypes. Several nucleic acid amplification techniques have been developed for mHEV detection, with great differences in sensitivity. The aim of this study was to compare the...
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