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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of the Hepatitis E Virus in Retail Pork Products Marketed in Canada.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Jun 2017
Mykytczuk Oksana, Harlow Jennifer, Bidawid Sabah, Corneau Nathalie, Nasheri Neda
Abstract excerpt
Infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV) is very common worldwide. HEV causes acute viral hepatitis with approximately 20 million cases per year. While HEV genotypes 1 and 2 cause large waterborne and foodborne outbreaks with a significant mortality in developing countries, genotypes 3 and 4 are more prevalent in developed countries with transmission being mostly zoonotic. In North America and Europe, HEV has...
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