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Detection of rat hepatitis E virus, but not human pathogenic hepatitis E virus genotype 1-4 infections in wild rats from Lithuania.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Jul 2018
Simanavicius Martynas, Juskaite Karolina, Verbickaite Arune, Jasiulionis Marius, Tamosiunas Paulius Lukas, Petraityte-Burneikiene Rasa, Zvirbliene Aurelija, Ulrich Rainer G, Kucinskaite-Kodze Indre
Abstract excerpt
Rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an orthohepevirus which is related to other HEV found in humans and other mammals. It was first identified in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Germany in 2010, and later it has been detected in Black rats (Rattus rattus) and Norway rats from USA, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and many European countries. In this study, we describe molecular and serological investigations of Black...
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