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Prevalence and genetic features of hepatitis E virus in swine, in Gansu, China.
Acta virologica - 1 Jan 2000
Zhou J-H, Wang Y-N, Li X-R, Liu Y-S, Pan Q, Lan X
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in domestic swine threats the public health, due to the risk of zoonotic transmission. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and genetic features of HEV in swine, in Gansu, which is geographically an important province in China. 377 fecal samples were collected from pig farms in Gansu province of China and tested for HEV RNA by RT-PCR. The prevalence rate is about...
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