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Zoonotic origin of hepatitis E.
Current opinion in virology - 1 Feb 2015
Pavio Nicole, Meng Xiang-Jin, Doceul Virginie
Abstract excerpt
The concept of zoonotic viral hepatitis E has emerged a few years ago following the discovery of animal strains of hepatitis E virus (HEV), closely related to human HEV, in countries where sporadic cases of hepatitis E were autochthonous. Recent advances in the identification of animal reservoirs of HEV have confirmed that strains circulating in domestic and wild pigs are genetically related to strains identified...
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