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Endemic maintenance of human-related hepatitis E virus strains in synurbic wild boars, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Spain.
The Science of the total environment - 10 Dec 2024
Ruiz-Ponsell Laia, Monastiri Abir, López-Roig Marc, Sauleda Sílvia, Bes Marta, Mentaberre Gregorio, Escobar-González María, Costafreda Maria I, López-Olvera Jorge R, Serra-Cobo Jordi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), shared by humans, domestic animals, and wildlife, is an emerging global public health threat. Because wild boars are a major reservoir of HEV, the new zoonotic interfaces resulting from wild boar population increase and synurbization significantly contribute to increasing the risk of zoonotic transmission of HEV. This study characterizes HEV strains of synurbic wild boars and assesses...
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