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Hepatitis E virus infection in farmed rabbits and swine in the Eastern Chinese city Lianyungang: showing no potential interspecies transmission.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2014
Han Jian, Zeng Hang, Wang Ling, Liu Peng, Liu Lin, Xia Junke, Zhang Yulin, Wang Lin, Zhuang Hui
Abstract excerpt
Rabbit HEV isolated recently from farmed rabbits in China has been shown experimentally to be able to infect both cynomolgus macaques and pigs. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which cross-species transmission of rabbit HEV in farm settings is a significant factor in the spread of this zoonotic infection. Rabbit and swine feces were collected from the same area in Eastern China...
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