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Genetic characterization and serological prevalence of swine hepatitis E virus in Shandong province, China.
Veterinary microbiology - 27 Aug 2014
Wang Xin-jie, Zhao Qin, Jiang Feng-lin, Liu Bao-yuan, Zhao Ji-nan, Dang Lu, Sun Ya-ni, Mu Yang, Xiao Shu-qi, Wang Cheng-bao, Hsu Walter H, Liu Lihong, Widén Frederik, Zhou En-Min
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), the causative agent of hepatitis E, is classified into four major genotypes (1 to 4) and swine is the main natural reservoir for genotypes 3 and 4. In this study, a total of 106 bile samples from a slaughterhouse in the Shandong province of China were tested for the partial ORF2 gene of HEV by RT-nPCR to determine the virus genotypes, and two indirect ELISA were developed for the...
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