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Cross-Species Transmission of Swine Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 to Rabbits.
Viruses - 2 Jan 2020
Han Sang-Hoon, Park Byung-Joo, Ahn Hee-Seop, Kim Yong-Hyun, Go Hyeon-Jeong, Lee Joong-Bok, Park Seung-Yong, Song Chang-Seon, Lee Sang-Won, Choi Yang-Kyu, Choi In-Soo
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a quasi-enveloped, positive-sense single stranded RNA virus. HEV continually expands the host ranges across animal species. In this study, the possibility of cross-species infection with swine HEV-3 was investigated using rabbits. A total of fourteen 8-week old, specific pathogen-free rabbits were divided into three experimental groups. Four rabbits were used as negative controls, four...
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