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Chronically infected wild boar can transmit genotype 3 hepatitis E virus to domestic pigs.
Veterinary microbiology - 22 Oct 2015
Schlosser Josephine, Vina-Rodriguez Ariel, Fast Christine, Groschup Martin H, Eiden Martin
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes acute hepatitis E in humans in developing countries, but sporadic and autochthonous cases do also occur in industrialized nations. In Europe, food-borne zoonotic transmission of genotype 3 (gt3) has been associated with the consumption of raw and undercooked products from domestic pig and wild boar. As shown recently, naturally acquired HEV gt3 replicates efficiently in...
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