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Swine hepatitis E virus: Cross-species infection, pork safety and chronic infection.
Virus research - 15 Jul 2020
Sooryanarain Harini, Meng Xiang-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV) belongs to the species Orthohepevirus A within the genus Orthohepevirus in the family Hepeviridae. Four different genotypes of swine HEV within the species Orthohepevirus A have been identified so far from domesticated and wild swine population: genotypes 3 (HEV-3) and 4 (HEV-4) swine HEVs are zoonotic and infect humans, whereas HEV-5 and HEV-6 are only identified from swine....
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