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Surveillance for rat hepatitis E in wastewater networks, Italy.
Microbiology spectrum - 12 Dec 2023
Palombieri Andrea, Di Profio Federica, Sarchese Vittorio, Fruci Paola, Suffredini Elisabetta, Martella Vito, Veneri Carolina, Bonanno Ferraro Giusy, Mancini Pamela, La Rosa Giuseppina, Di Martino Barbara
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection constitutes a significant health problem worldwide. In recent years, in addition to the zoonotic HEV3 and HEV4, emerging highly divergent hepevirus of rat origin (rat HEV [RHEV]) has been associated with human acute and chronic hepatitis. As environmental surveillance can be a complementary tool to explore emerging viruses of human and rodent origin, we investigated...
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