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Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus in domestic swine and wild boar in Germany.
Veterinary microbiology - 7 Nov 2014
Oliveira-Filho Edmilson F, Bank-Wolf Barbara R, Thiel Heinz-Jürgen, König Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging non-enveloped positive strand RNA virus with worldwide distribution that can cause acute liver disease in humans. The virus has also been detected in both domestic and wild animals. In this study we investigated the presence of HEV in free-living wild boar as well as in domestic swine. A total of 105 domestic swine fecal samples and 124 wild boar sera were tested for the...
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