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Screening for hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and fallow deer (Dama dama), Portugal, 2018-2020.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Sept 2022
Moraes DFdSD, Lopez-Lopez P, Palmeira J D, Torres R T, Rivero-Juarez A, Dutra V, Nascimento Msj, Mesquita J R
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 is the most prevalent HEV genotype in Europe causing mostly asymptomatic infections in humans, but can also sporadically cause severe acute hepatitis, chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients and extra-hepatic manifestations. Although much is today known about the swine reservoir, no information is available on the occurrence of HEV from widely...
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