Article
First National Prevalence in Italian Horse Population and Phylogenesis Highlights a Fourth Sub-type Candidate of Equine Hepacivirus
2024-03-21
Abstract excerpt
Equine hepacivirus (EqHV, Flaviviridae, Hepacivirus) is a small, enveloped, RNA virus generally causing sub-clinical hepatitis with occasional fatalities. EqHV is reported in equids worldwide, but for Italy data are limited. To address this, a survey study was set up to estimate prevalence at national level and among different production categories (equestrian, competition, work and meat and reproduction) and nati...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8e236364-a0b8-5858-a737-bc6abac4a21f
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202403.1237.v1
