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Hepatitis E virus in young pigs in Finland and characterization of the isolated partial genomic sequences of genotype 3 HEV.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Mar 2015
Kantala Tuija, Heinonen Mari, Oristo Satu, von Bonsdorff Carl-Henrik, Maunula Leena
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections occur in swine worldwide. The porcine infection is usually subclinical, but HEV genotypes 3 and 4 are zoonotic agents that cause sporadic, indigenous human cases of hepatitis E. The aims of this study were to investigate the occurrence and dynamics of HEV infections in young pigs by analyzing a total of 273 fecal samples collected from six farrowing farms, to genetically...
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