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Screening and Molecular Characterization of Hepatitis E Virus in Slaughter Pigs in Serbia.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Dec 2019
Milojević Lazar, Velebit Branko, Teodorović Vlado, Kirbiš Andrej, Petrović Tamaš, Karabasil Neđeljko, Dimitrijević Mirjana
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic virus that can cause acute hepatitis in humans. Besides the fecal-oral route, transmission can occur by consumption of undercooked pig liver. Genotype 3 is the most frequent genotype found in Europe. Studies on HEV in slaughter-age pigs have not been conducted in Serbia so far. Pork meat production and consumption in Serbia is on average, higher than in the rest of Europe....
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