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Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in mussels (Mytilus galloprovinciallis), Spain.
Food microbiology - 1 Sept 2016
Mesquita João R, Oliveira Danielle, Rivadulla Enrique, Abreu-Silva Joana, Varela Miguel F, Romalde Jesús L, Nascimento Maria S J
Abstract excerpt
Coastal waters can become contaminated with both human waste from sewage treatment plants and runoff following manure application. Thus, shellfish produced close to land can bioaccumulate enteric viruses of human and animal origin, including zoonotic hepatitis E virus that infect both human and swine. The goal of this study was to evaluate the presence of HEV in shellfish from Galicia (NW Spain), a densely...
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