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Identification and pathogenicity of hepatitis E Virus from laboratory Bama miniature pigs.
BMC veterinary research - 15 Mar 2022
Liu Baoyuan, Chen Yiyang, Zhang Meimei, Chen Tianxiang, Zhang Yuan, DanBaZhaXi, Xu Shixuan, Zhao Qin, Zhou En-Min
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 are zoonotic. In this study, HEV infection in laboratory Bama miniature pigs in Sichuan Province of China was investigated. Firstly, one hundred rectal swabs were collected for HEV RNA testing, and chose positive samples for sequence analysis. Concurrently, for pathogenicity study, six healthy Bama miniature pigs were randomly divided into two groups of 3 pigs...
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