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Molecular detection of hepatitis E virus in sheep from southern Xinjiang, China.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2015
Wu Junyuan, Si Fusheng, Jiang Chunyu, Li Tao, Jin Meilin
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a causative agent of infectious hepatitis in animals and humans both in developing and developed countries. Here, we collected 500 sheep sera and 75 raw sheep liver samples from a slaughterhouse in the southern part of the Xinjiang region, China, along with 26 sera of butchers from the same slaughterhouse. All serum samples were tested for anti-HEV antibody by enzyme-linked...
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