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A comprehensive study of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs entering a slaughterhouse in Slovenia.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Dec 2017
Raspor Lainšček Petra, Toplak Ivan, Kirbiš Andrej
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E is a zoonotic viral disease of pigs with increasing public health concern in industrialized countries. Presented broad study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) presence in pigs in Slovenia is the first attempt to overview the HEV situation in pigs entering a slaughterhouse and, further, to analyse the possibility of HEV entering into the food supply chain. 2433 samples from 811 clinically healthy pigs were...
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