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Genetically similar hepatitis E virus strains infect both humans and wild boars in the Barcelona area, Spain, and Sweden
31 Dec 2018
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a hepatotropic virus, endemic in Europe where it infects humans and animals, with domestic pigs and wild boars as main reservoirs. The number of HEV-infected cases with unknown source of infection increases in Europe. There are human HEV strains genetically similar to viruses from domestic pigs, and zoonotic transmission via consumption of uncooked pork meat has been shown. Due to...
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