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Prevalence and genotype/subtype distribution of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among wild boars in Japan: Identification of a genotype 5 HEV strain.
Virus research - 2 Oct 2020
Takahashi Masaharu, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Sato Yukihiro, Miyazaki Shinichi, Aikawa Tatsuya, Ashida Kozo, Tamaru Tomoko, Oguro Kunihiko, Hayakawa Fumihiro, Matsuoka Hiroyuki, Ozaki Hideaki, Kodera Yuuji, Irokawa Masahiko, Hirose Hideo, Nagashima Shigeo, Kawakami Manri, Mizuo Hitoshi, Okamoto Hiroaki, Murata Kazumoto
Abstract excerpt
To further investigate the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection and characterize HEV genomes among Japanese wild boars (Sus scrofa leucomystax), 1880 boars captured in 17 prefectures in Japan from 2013 to 2019 were studied. Overall, anti-HEV IgG was detected in 8.9 % and HEV RNA was detected in 3.9 % of boars, which was comparable with our previous studies during 2003-2013 (10.3 % and 3.5 %,...
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