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[Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in Spain].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Apr 2015
Echevarría José Manuel, Fogeda Marta, Avellón Ana
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The general features of the epidemiology and ecology of hepatitis E virus in Spain are already known after 20 years of investigations. Genotype 3 strains, mainly from sub-genotype 3f, circulated among swine livestock and certain wild mammals, and would be sporadically transmitted to humans through direct contact with the reservoirs or by consumption of foods derived from them. Bivalve shellfish contaminated by...
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