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Comparison of Hepatitis E Virus Sequences from Humans and Swine, the Netherlands, 1998-2015.
Viruses - 29 Jun 2021
Hogema Boris M, Hakze-van der Honing Renate W, Molier Michel, Zaaijer Hans L, van der Poel Wim H M
Abstract excerpt
Pigs are suspected to be a major source of zoonotic hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in industrialized countries, but the transmission route(s) from pigs to humans are ill-defined. Sequence comparison of HEV isolates from pigs with those from blood donors and patients in 372 samples collected in the Netherlands in 1998 and 1999 and between 2008 and 2015 showed that all sequences were genotype 3 except for six...
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