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Hepatitis E Virus (Genotype 3) in Slurry Samples from Swine Farming Activities in Italy.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Jun 2017
La Rosa G, Della Libera S, Brambilla M, Bisaglia C, Pisani G, Ciccaglione A R, Bruni R, Taffon S, Equestre M, Iaconelli M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emergent causative agent of acute hepatitis, transmitted by fecal-oral route. Infection with HEV is a global cause for morbidity and mortality throughout the world: it mainly causes large outbreaks in endemic areas and sporadic autochthonous cases in industrialized countries where HEV infections seem to be an emergent zoonotic disease. Infection of porcine livestock and its...
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