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Water-Based Epidemiological Investigation of Hepatitis E Virus in South Africa.
Food and environmental virology - 1 Sept 2024
Salemane Karabo, Coetzee Leanne Z, Pocock Gina, Genthe Bettina, Taylor Maureen B, Mans Janet
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that exhibits great host diversity. The primary means of transmission of the virus in low- and middle-income countries is contaminated water, often due to a lack of access to proper sanitation, which leads to faecal contamination of water sources. Environmental surveillance is an important tool that can be used to monitor virus circulation and as an early...
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