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Hepatitis E Virus in Surface Water, Sediments, and Pork Products Marketed in Southern Brazil.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Sept 2016
Heldt F H, Staggmeier R, Gularte J S, Demoliner M, Henzel A, Spilki F R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging causative agent of food and waterborne hepatitis in human beings. HEV circulates among human populations and swine herds, and may be found in water contaminated by swine feces, as well as in pork. In the present study, 68 sediment samples and 250 water samples collected from the Sinos River tributaries, as well as 50 samples of pork products (pâté and blood sausage) marketed...
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